I believe Mom and I had so much conflict because we were so alike. Just as I inherited some of her flaws, I embodied some of her best qualities....
Therapy helps us become our better selves. A book by Nicola Mendenhall speaks about her experience with 10 years on Freudian psychoanalysis....
We crave perfection, and being seen as good, but none of us is always good or does everything perfectly....
Memory is tricky. That’s why fact checking is so important when you write memoir....
As a foreigner, the Thanksgiving holiday didn't make sense to me, because its history seemed oddly detached from the celebration. Here is how I learned to love it....
Our naked bodies carry an essential purity that more often than not has been beaten out of us by prejudice, criticism, and self-hate....
Parents' negative comments can open wounds that never heal. It happened to me and I struggle to avoid the same mistake when parenting my son....
Transform your feelings of envy from foe to friend and learn the difference between envy and jealousy....
What is the role of truth in fiction and memoir? As a 12 year old I learned that writers were liars but García Márquez taught me to think differently....
Whenever I travel to Spain to visit my family I get frustrated with my mom acting like a martyr, and resisting to be helped. She's 89, and although still stronger than many 50 year-olds, age doesn't forgive. After a few days of grocery shopping and cooking for...
