During one horrible year, my spouse divorced me (we’d been married 20 years), I got fired, and I had a cancer scare.  As I drove home one night, lovely Christmas music came on the radio.  Ho ho ho. Feeling low this Christmas season?  You’re not alone.  Here’s what we can do about it. Take the [...]

Loneliness. Perhaps we don’t truly appreciate what we have until it’s gone, and we don’t realize how much we need companionship until we are faced with being alone. Maybe that’s why we’re afraid to reach out to others, because we fear that they won’t understand what we’re going through. Do you deal with loneliness? Have [...]

Approximately one in three American college students drops out. That’s a scary statistic, and you’re likely hoping that you won’t become one of those unfortunate ones who end up leaving school before completing your degree. By now, you’ve been at college/university for a few weeks. Maybe a trip or two back home, maybe not. Whether [...]

If you are facing loneliness and don’t know how to cope, we have mentors who would love to talk to you! Getting Past the Holiday Blues -  This is supposed to be a season of joy and happiness, but many people don’t feel it When Christmas Doesn’t Look Like Christmas - How do you face the Christmas [...]

Think summer camps are just for children? Adult summer camps are all about fun, grown up style.

Have you ever looked at your life and thought,“It wasn’t supposed to be like this”? What do you when your life takes a turn you never saw coming?  Watch the video Picking up the pieces from a broken marriage or the death of a loved one is heartbreaking and sometimes you are left feeling heartbroken [...]

Far more people in Canada used the Internet for “personal interactions” last year than those who didn’t. According to Statistics Canada, “Eighty per cent of Canadians age 16 and over used the Internet for personal reasons in 2009, up from 73 per cent two years earlier.” I was a bit surprised that only 80% used [...]

CTV News reports that Facebook “has now made half a billion friends, meaning one in every 14 people on Earth has joined the social networking website, the company confirmed this week.” Those 500,000,000 registered users generate a total of 1,000,000,000 (one billion) hits per day to Facebook’s website. At this point, is there any chance [...]

Welcome to TheLife.com Weekly Wrap-up Newsletter! Our weekly newsletter highlights new content that was posted on our site this week. USA & Canada: What’s the Difference? Some quick math: Dividing the population of Canada by the total area (in square miles) gives us a ratio of nearly 10:1 … so if the land in Canada [...]

In the past, celebrities like movie stars or sports heroes carefully constructed their public images. There was an aloofness, or otherness, about them which added to their mystique. But with the advent of social online media networks, many stars have become more open about sharing their own insecurities, fears, and failures. Fans want to hear [...]