You want this year to be different. And it can be! You’re invited to join us in this year’s challenge to take back the holidays—and give yourself a more centered season.

Happiness isn’t all fun and games. Research shows that it can improve your life substantially, and that unhappiness sets you up for less success and poorer health.

The ghosts and goblins inside your head are far scarier than anything The Walking Dead could ever think up. That’s because your thoughts are what keep you from exercising.

Stress can spout from everywhere—work obligations, family tension, a severe lack of self-care…and also, stuff.

You know the feeling. It’s Monday morning at work and you feel like you’re trudging through mud. You’re drowsy, forgetful, and mentally stumbling on tasks that should be easy.

You know this, right? I should go for a walk. I should hit the gym after work. I should make my run a little longer. I should finally open that Pilates video. The “shoulds” rarely work.

Tie your shoes. Drive a car. File taxes. Cook a chicken. Floss.

I found out recently that some researchers have nailed down the ideal vacation length: eight days. Apparently, the eighth day is the peak moment of health and wellness, after which the benefits fade.

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Highly resilient people don’t look any different than others. You won’t find a big purple “R” on their lapel or special pair of shoes gracing their feet.

There’s a story we tell ourselves when we try to improve our lives, our resilience, and our stress levels. It goes like this: I want to change. I want to be different. Everything’s got to go.

When 11-year old Riley, in Pixar’s summer hit “Inside Out,” has to leave her childhood home in Minnesota and move to a cramped house in San Francisco, her whole life gets turned upside-down—in…