Our lives are often busy, and in the rush of a day, it's easy to lose sight of who we are and who we want to be. Mementos can help us keep on an even keel and remember the roles we strive to fill. A reasonable number of reminders is best, as too many leads to visual, olfactory, and audio overload.

Moving into a new home is a shock to our emotional equilibrium, even when we don't get lost on the way to our new address or argue with the movers aft...

It's spring, and flowering plants are popping up outdoors in gardens and inside on store shelves. So, it's the perfect time to bring some of those pla...

Spring comes just in time for many of us. After we settle in for our long winter's nap, we start to feel glum as dust and things we haven't had time t...

Flickr Photo by Posh Living, LLC New Year's resolutions -- it's that time again. This year, when you vow to exercise more, eat less, be nicer, rea...

Flickr Photo by Mark Crossfield There are lots of things that can affect your mood during the holiday season... what do holiday sights and sounds ad...

Chatty Cathys talk all the time. They are the life of the party even when there's no party. Quiet Quentins hardly ever speak, even when people ask the...

Want to feel at home on nights when you're not sleeping in your own bed? Wondering if the office replication service that Jack Donaghy from 30 Rock us...

Your home is filled with sights, sounds, and scents. Which ones should you select to build positive relationships among the members of your family? T...

Humans are social animals and part of successful socializing is understanding the person we're talking to. To smooth the communication process, we co...

Many families are struggling to develop and maintain the sort of family bonds that Norman Rockwell's paintings have seared into our psyche. Not all fa...

We speak with environmental psychologist Sally Augustin, PhD about some ways to better adapt our homes during the summer-to-fall transition. Q: As ...