There may be no more perfect book for the LifeTwo audience than Gretchen Rubin's new book "The Happiness Project". Rubin spent a year as a one person focus group testing every possible way to increase personal happiness. Part memoir and part "how to fix your life", "The Happiness Project" is a joy to read. »more»

How many people are hurt from just one "hurting person" each day? »more»

One day my father, as a young man, came home from work to find the apartment cleaned out of furniture and swept clean. His wife (not my mother) was gone. Needless to say, reconciliation wasn't an option. »more»

Though still a relatively small portion of over all births (just 5% in California), the number of women 40-44 who are giving birth has grown rapidly in the past decade (up 300% in California). »more»

What would happen if someone attempted to follow the advice of twenty-nine self-help experts over a 2-year period in an effort to be a happier person? »more»

Having kids does indeed reduce exercise time for adults. According to a new study by the University of Pittsburgh men take the brunt of the hit to exercise time but women lose it as well. »more»

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Ask parents what keeps them up at night and often it's the fear of something happening to their kids as they are out in cars. Not to add fuel to their paranoia but these concerns are deserved. Traffic accidents are the leading cause of death among young people between 10 and 24 years, according to a new report published by WHO. The report, Youth and Road Safety, says that nearly 400,000 young people under the age of 25 are killed in road traffic crashes every year. Millions more are injured or disabled. »more»

After many years of working around human development, I have watched people who go through significant growth experience stress in their families. Even when change is for the better, change is still change. »more»