In 1976 a study was conducted in a nursing home called Arden House in Connecticut. Known as the Langer and Rodin study, researchers divided residents into two groups. A “high responsibility” and “low...

I love the fall. It’s my favorite season, especially in Walla Walla. Walking downtown with my coffee in hand, breathing in the crisp air and gazing at all the leaves on the ground that crunch beneath...

Allow me to paint a picture. You invite someone out to coffee, a friend you haven’t seen in a while. It’s a coffee date you’re really looking forward to. You think about it all day, and you debate...

I think it’s safe to assume that we all have complex relationships with failure. I’ve bombed some exams in my life; in fact, when I took my driving test, the administrator said, “Well, you might’ve...

So you’re overwhelmed by the future. Allow me to share a straight-from-life parable. I like to run around Bennington Reservoir, out beyond the Community College. It’s beautiful hilly land, with...

So your friend/roommate/Mom/love interest is leaving your texts on “read,” acting distant, weird, maybe even hostile. You feel hurt, angry, indignant, confused AF. Oh, other people … the source...

Tame your inner critic. So, you’re a few weeks into classes and those pesky professors are piling on the work. Maybe you’re starting to slip behind on reading, or you have no idea how to start a...