I’ve noticed more articles being published about oxytocin, a hormone often referred to as the “love hormone.”  Oxytocin fuels feelings of love, trust, and generosity.  It helps couples stay close and parents bond to their children.  This hormone also plays a vital role in restoring feelings of calm and well-being after periods of intense stress. 
Want to raise your oxytocin levels?  [...]

Many of you may have heard the news that a 7-year-old child adopted in September 2009 from Russia was recently put on a plane by his adoptive grandmother and returned to Russia.  His adoptive mother, Torry-Ann Hansen, a nurse, sent the following note with the child:
 To Whom It May Concern:
I adopted this child, Artyom Savelyev on September [...]

A friend told me a story this morning that is still bothering me as I write this post.  She told me of a couple with a young baby that had been crying and screaming loudly in the middle of the night.  Apparently the parents, who are proponents of the “cry it out” method of sleep training, chose to ignore the [...]

Posted in the waiting room of my office this week is a quote by Aldous Huxley:
It is a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one’s life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than “try to be a little kinder.”
In my [...]