Phases of Life

Male and Female Created He Them

April 19, 2026 by Bernell Baldwin - Reading Time: 21 minutes

The same, or different—that is the question. If the same, that is one thing, but if men and women are basically different, a serious problem, and today’s society is headed into a turbulent tangle. Really, now, how different are the sexes? Can anything be done to resolve the tangle we are in? From surface anatomy, […]

Childhood Obesity

January 11, 2026 by Dahlia Ferilina - Reading Time: 6 minutes

They are too fat. No question about it. Who, or what are too fat? Our children—more than one in five grade-school children and adolescents in the United States are so fat as to be actually termed obese. Really, this should not come as a surprise to anyone who takes note of gatherings of children, for […]

Holiday Stress is Contagious in Relationships

December 11, 2025 by Rosie Shrout - Reading Time: 5 minutes

With the flurry of shopping, spending money and traveling to see family, stress can feel inevitable during the holidays. You might already know stress can affect your own health, but what you may not realize is that your stress – and how you manage it – is catching. Your stress can spread around, particularly to […]

How Do Male and Female Minds Diverge?

November 30, 2025 by Dr. Cesar Vasconcellos de Souza - Reading Time: 6 minutes

Years ago, I read an article in a scientific journal about female ambiguity, written by a gynecologist from Rio de Janeiro, Dr. Nelson Socou, with the following title: “A study on ambiguity in women.” Let’s reflect on this. Dr. Nelson explains in his article that although it is a difficult topic to explore, practical observation […]

4 Signs that Your Marriage is Crumbling

July 13, 2025 by Dr. Cesar Vasconcellos de Souza - Reading Time: 6 minutes

Let’s think about some attitudes in marriage, practiced by the husband or wife, that foster the idea of separation in each other’s minds, due to the pain and frustration that such attitudes produce — especially when they become routine. Eva Van Prooyen is a psychotherapist, educator, and relationship expert based in Santa Barbara, California. In […]

How Optimists are Healthier and Less Stressed

December 1, 2024 by Eloïse Fairbank and James Borenstein-Laurie - Reading Time: 6 minutes

If you’ve ever told your child to look on the bright side, or taught them to see the glass as half full, you might wonder if there are real benefits to positive thinking. As it turns out, people who are more optimistic about their future actually tend to be significantly healthier. Many studies show that […]