What’s the difference between these two outcomes? A new paper by researchers at UC Berkeley suggests that it might be self-compassion. The researchers recruited 400 adults and invited a group of them to identify their biggest regret, then write about it with self-compassion and understanding. Some wrote about cheating on their partner; others wrote about becoming estranged from their parents. As a comparison, other participants journaled about their regrets from a perspective of self-esteem—focusing on their positive qualities, rather than their negative ones—and others described a hobby they enjoy (the control group)....

Read on for a breakdown of our favorite pixie haircuts and how to make them work for your personal style: How to Style a Pixie Haircut How to Style a Pixie Haircut 1. Piecey bangs On the shorter end of the spectrum lies the piecey pixie, which has as its hallmark a choppy fringe along the hairline. Most flattering on round and oval faces and those with a wide forehead, this haircut gained popularity in the 1990s and had a lot of celebrities sporting the baby-bangs trend....

Use the question prompts to narrow down the BEST date night for you and your spouse for that night! What Should We Do For Date Night? The typical Friday night question. You and your hubby finally have some time together, but now what? There are SO MANY ideas on The Dating Divas website, but which one should you do? Well, today I introduce you to the ultimate date night decision making solution: The Date Night Ideas Flow Chart!...

Despite its ever-growing popularity and mounting evidence of its benefits, mindfulness as it is being taught today is not without its critics. Ron Purser is one of them. In his book, Purser assesses the contribution that mindfulness is making in helping people to reduce their stress and enhance their well-being, and finds it wanting. His main concern is not what mindfulness does, but what it doesn’t do. In his estimation, much of people’s suffering is not caused by how they manage stress internally, but rather by the hardships and inequities imposed upon them by our capitalist society....

Why does that question make me think of a newcomer to online dating asking “How will I know if he’s the one?” In that case I would say that a good clue will be how you feel when you are with him, and whether his personal grooming habits are up to your standards. In the case of mindfulness med- itation, it will be what you feel when you are practicing, what you are feeling between peri- ods of practice, what you have typically felt prior to meditat- ing, and your grooming habits probably don’t figure into this particular equation....