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One of the cornerstones of alcoholism recovery is a concept called emotional sobriety. The idea is that alcoholics and other addicts hoping to stay sober over the long haul must learn to regulate the negative feelings that can lead to discomfort, craving and--ultimately--relapse. Doing so is a lifelong project and requires cultivating a whole new way of thinking about life’s travails

Contemporary life, with its flurry of e-mails, alerts, and appointments, can feel overwhelming, even for entrepreneurs. Train your brain to deal with the chaos. Entrepreneurs these days are bombarded with e-mails and information from the moment they grab their smartphones in the morning until they click their laptops closed before bed

Mood disorders such as depression are known to increase drug abuse risk. Yet mounting evidence suggests that substance abuse also makes people more vulnerable to depression and the negative effects of stress, according to Eric J. Nestler, chair of neuroscience at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine

Your life may be long overdue for a change. Can you stop resisting and take the plunge

Dear EarthTalk : As I understand it, “debt-for-nature swaps” are arrangements by which countries can erase debt by preserving land.

In the most significant change to U.S. cigarette packs in 25 years, the Food and Drug Administration released nine new warning labels that depict in graphic detail the negative health effects of tobacco use.

When your business vision and the reality in which you live are miles apart, it may not be for the reasons you believe. Lack of money and time are the most typical issues that soloists cite for the mile-wide gap between vision and reality, but as they progress in coaching they discover that the true missing pieces are clarity, strategy and an empowering mindset.

Recently, I was interviewed about entrepreneurship by Business Insider.

Sunday's Groupon panel on the Fast Company and PepsiCo stage took an unexpected turn when Travis Kalanick , a longtime Silicon Valley entrepreneur who runs online car service Uber , spoke frankly about his negative experiences as a client of Groupon --and several Groupon staffers in the audience took issue with the story he told.