The Sandwich Generation are those people who are the middle generation of their living families - often raising children and taking care of their aging parents at the same time.

It can be a rewarding time for a lot of caregivers - letting them 'give back' a little to the parents who raised them, all while getting the opportunity to raise children of their own.

Dr. Berger explains how stress relates to and acne.

In the last dozen years, my husband and I have moved from Austin to Phoenix to Washington, D.C. to Atlanta to Kansas City, and we are getting ready for a move back to Texas. While I love getting to know new cities, I've just begun to realize the toll that so much moving creates.

Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Parenting style starts to influence a child's ability to deal with stress as early as 6 months of age, a new report says.

The findings, published in the September/October issue of Child Development, show that parenting and genes influence how a child deals with stress, and that parental actions could put infants at risk of developing poor responses to such situations.

this blah, blah mood i'm in, and my blasé attitude is just not me. i just turned 50 last month. its nice to see the surprise on people's faces when i tell them that. but i'm 50 just the same and have been experiencing periminopausal symptoms for 2 years now - although i didn't discover it until about a year ago!

Whether you are caring for babies and children, or you are caring for your parents or older relatives, many caregivers suffer from caregiver stress.

The stress can be financial, emotional, physical or a combination of many factors. Both men and women suffer from this kind of stress, but women tend to suffer caregiver stress more, but that may be because women tend to BE caregivers more often.

Here is information about caregiver stress. http://www.4woman.gov/faq/caregiver.cfm#...

Do you see yourself or your symptoms here?

Feng Shui (pronounced "Fung Schway") is a Chinese art that is over 3,000 years old. The words Feng Shui literally translates into "wind water" but the concept is difficult to explain in a brief sentence when we are talking about Feng Shui in our homes - as Feng Shui incorporates everything from simplicity to organisation, to placement, to shape, to direction. Feng Shui brings balance in nature and balance to our relationship with nature. It teaches us how to live with the energy and life that surrounds us.

For some people, life is relatively simple and there is rarely any real stress involved, other than the occasional move, the addition of a child or a sudden change of career. For others, however, life can be a little more complicated, high stress is an every day occurrence and panic thrives as deadlines and meeting times seem to pop out of nowhere. Life can seem extremely hectic, especially if a person lives in a city where they have to deal with bumper to bumper traffic and rude people that only make the day worse.

In the spirit of money being in the realm of "financial wellness", I am curious about how other families discuss this (sometimes) volatile subject with one another.

A great personal finance columnist for The Wall Street Journal, Jeff Opdyke, writes about "Love & Money", discussing his financial highs and lows, and the impact finances (and talking--or not--about them) have on a relationship.

His last column can be read here:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12207529...

Dr. Christensen explains what PMS says about the amount of stress is a woman's life.