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Today the nation wrestles with the fear and emotional uncertainty resulting from yesterday’s Boston marathon explosions. We question how: how could this happen? Who would do such a thing? And, for so many adults and children alike, we may feel a loss of stability and threatened security. A child’s understanding of such a frightening event

With the growing discussion of women in today’s workplace -- propelled by recent headlines made by powerful female leaders such as Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook, and Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo -- I believe it is important to recognize the path paved before us to truly grasp the full context of our place in history –

If you’re a mom or a dad, you likely have –at one time or another – found yourself at wit’s end while parenting your child. When a pattern of bad behavior emerges, you may feel overwhelmed and frustrated. While each individual situation is different, there are a few elements that research has found to be

Good Grief - a Journey Towards Wholeness Margaret Mead once said, “When a person is born, we rejoice, and when they are married, we jubilate, but when they die, we try to pretend that nothing has happened.”  There are many kinds of grief, and bereavement is a unique form.  Not only does it touch every

If there is one thing attending TED 2013 proved, it is this: no matter how young or how old we are, we all have unique gifts and talents. When 16-year-old Jack Andraka took the stage, I was impressed by this young man’s ability to develop an early detector for pancreatic cancer. I wondered: what sort