Understanding our relationship with money has been a deep question since time immemorial. Melbourne Business School philosopher John Armstrong has written a book that attempts to help us comprehend our complex relationship with money, and how it effects us in our lives.

Arianna Huffington’s commencement speech to the young women of the 2013 Smith College graduating class questioned the traditional approach to defining success. Instead of focusing solely on money and power, the model which has become synonymous with corporate culture and career ladder climbing, she instead offered a different model, what she calls her three W’s: well-being, wonder, and wisdom.

Though it is true that times are constantly changing and business cycles ebb and flow, many parents are worried that the opportunities previous generations have had are currently unavailable for their millennial children.

Let’s face it: Office environments have a bad reputation as being toxic and filled with stress. New research shows that this doesn’t have to be the case. While most managers are brought up believing the most effective leadership strategy entails putting pressure on employees, evidence reveals that having a more compassionate approach to management can actually help a company’s bottom line.

t is well known that insurance companies have an influence on the mental health field. The existence of many medications that effectively treat mental health problems often overshadows the fact that talk therapy is a vital part of the healing process.

Philip A. Bean, an associate dean and dean of academic affairs at Haverford College, is often asked by aspiring students what they should choose as a major. Students who want to pursue women’s studies or art history, for example, are often asked, “What are you going to do with a degree in that?”

American parents enjoy helping their kids. Adults happily forego social engagements, vacations, new cars, or home renovations in order to put aside funds for college, private schools, art, music, or sports camps, or anything else that parents think will give their kids a “leg up” in the world. But what if all of this assistance is actually detrimental?

Mindfulness is more than just an ambiguous, buzz-word philosophy. Thinking about the past, the future, the to-do list in your day planner, the kids’ schedules - anything except what you are currently engaged in doing - has been scientifically proven to make you less happy.

Analysts’ offices and waiting rooms appear to be populated by many senior citizens these days. People who would never have entertained the thought of seeing a therapist when they were younger are now coming to the conclusion that they have a lot of emotional baggage that they need to unload in order to make life better, not only for themselves, but for their spouses, children and grandchildren.

Jason Marsh, reporter, educator, and film-maker, suggests ways that we can help our children cope with the inundation of horrific images that the media streams into our homes from disasters such as the recent bombing at the Boston Marathon. Limiting exposure to such events is the first step to keeping your children from undue anxiety and distress.

A recent study at the University of California, Berkeley has shown that some stress is actually beneficial. According to Daniela Kaufer, associate professor of integrative biology at UC Berkeley, short periods of intense stress can actually improve your mental performance.

Professor and lecturer Peg O’Connor asserts that many addicts frequently try to find their “breaking point." This is the limit of their endurance of pain and suffering before they have a complete mental and/or physical collapse.

It’s a scientific fact that you can become distracted and forgetful when constantly surrounded by noise and overwhelmed by demands. The non-scientific term for this is brain fatigue. A new study has given hope to those believing they suffer from this thought-clogging malady.

Dana Becker, a professor at Bryn Mawr college and author of One Nation Under Stress: The Trouble with Stress as an Idea, explores our various definitions of stress and how Americans have coped with stress over the years. In the past, stress was considered an infrequent event that needed to be endured.

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) historically affects three to seven percent of children; has no definitive test; and is diagnosed by interviews with patients, parents, and teachers. Today, however, eleven percent of school-age children and approximately one in five high school-age boys have been diagnosed with ADHD.

Are mental illnesses affected by seasons? A recent study of Google search patterns indicates they are. Researchers studied searches in the United States and Australia for topics related to mental illness, including anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, eating disorders, depression, suicide, ADHD, and schizophrenia.

If you avoid feeling anger, smile, practice kindness, and savor the moment, positive psychology says you'll generally be happy. A recent study, however, indicates that you're better off experiencing emotions appropriate to your situation than you are when seeking to be happy all the time.

Recent studies show that exercise may boost your memory. An interesting highlight of these studies concludes that different types of exercise produce different results regarding memory retention. The study followed a group of recruits who had been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment as they performed endurance exercise, (walking, for example), weight training, or stretching and toning exercises.