After having breast cancer, I worked on learning to accept and love myself. Learning to love oneself is a difficult challenge. While we all have physical aspects of our bodies we don’t particularly ...

I borrowed a quote from a familiar poem for the title of this article. As we approach Valentine’s Day, thoughts of love fill the air. When I think about what love should be like I think of a familiar ...

I'm frequently asked, "What's the best way to love someone with bipolar disorder?" Usually the person asking me has the traces of a frown on his face. I empathize. We're not the easiest bunch in the ...

Remember when you and your partner first got together and felt inseparable? When you couldn’t wait until the next time you saw each other, and that was all you thought about? What you felt was the ...

As the saying goes, “When you know, you know.” But do you know how to put those emotions into words? If you’re anything like us, leaning on authors, poets and songwriters can fill in the blanks when ...

Because this is the gardening issue, I’m ashamed to admit I’m not a gardener. My pastimes are more indoorsy: playing music, watching movies, reading and writing. But I’ve learned to smell the roses ...