happiness

I have to say, Chatelaine.com readers, you really moved me. Honestly, so many of you responded to my one-year-anniversary post with such heartfelt, heart-warming, and even heartbreaking responses.

The other night, alone in Paris, I was thinking about what it means to be independent.

I’m no Girl Scout, but after hearing about the Girl Scouts of the USA’s new badge called The Science of Happiness, I think I’d like to be one. Take some steps to see if they improve my happiness? Sign me up.

Look, even the best of us have been there. You're feeling lonely, and your best friend falls head over heels in love and can't stop talking about it.

Sleep is elusive in my family lately — and it’s not just limited to my sister and brother-in-law, who are trying to scrap together a night’s sleep with a one-month-old on their hands.