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Guests with food allergies may require some meal preparation creativity around the holidays.

Hosting Thanksgiving? How to accommodate guests with food allergies

June 5, 2019 at 5:47 p.m.

Two kids with food allergies have required Eric Katzman to become creative about holiday meals. Those allergies also have required his extended family to be accommodating as well. The key...

The 90-day detox, and other tips for when your ex finds someone new

June 3, 2018 at 1:01 a.m.

Aliya Brown has passed the one-year mark in getting over someone she loved. She hasn't had contact with her ex in months, and his birthday just passed. Some days are...

Top 10 things to check out at the Chicago Flower and Garden Show

May 23, 2019 at 1:52 p.m.

The warm weather has us convinced it's gardening season already, and the tulips poking up from the Michigan Avenue planters seem to think the same thing. Technically, planting before May...

"Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving A Relationship with a Narcissist" by Ramani Durvasula Ph.D.

Dealing with a narcissist? Author shares relationship tips in new book

June 12, 2018 at 8:21 a.m.

Clinical psychologist Ramani Durvasula is the author of the new book "Should I Stay or Should I Go: Surviving a Relationship With a Narcissist." Durvasula says the person on the...

Coping with grief the first time you lose a loved one is overwhelming. Expressing your feelings, both negative and positive, is important.

How to cope with death the first time you lose someone close

June 9, 2018 at 5:15 a.m.

When you're young, the distinct pain of grief may be felt with the loss of a beloved pet. Sometimes years go by, though, before a family member or close friend...

Constance Yowell is CEO of the new education startup Collective Shift, which is finding innovative ways to incorporate digital media into learning.

Digital learning innovator works to reimagine future of education

June 16, 2018 at 2:44 p.m.

As director of education at the MacArthur Foundation, Constance "Connie" Yowell launched a digital media and learning program in 2006. It was one of the first philanthropic efforts in the...

Why cousins matter: Tapping these familial bonds fosters insight, fellowship

June 16, 2018 at 3:10 p.m.

In a 100-year-old photo, a young woman holds a gun in one hand and a cross in the other. The image is of Anahid Arakelian's great-grandmother Khatoun. The photograph served...

DIY gifts: Do’s and don’ts for holiday giving from the heart

June 16, 2018 at 3:46 p.m.

If you want to make holiday gifts this year and your skills are well past ice-pop-stick-reindeer stage, you already know that it requires some forethought and good materials. But for...

Sharing mutual adventures from a bucket list can help partners strengthen their relationship. But a bucket list item can also be pursued by one partner, with support and encouragement from the other, to achieve the same positive results.

Bucket list for two: Sharing wildest dreams can bring a couple closer

June 16, 2018 at 7:10 p.m.

After being sick for nearly a decade with the symptoms of Lyme disease, jewelry designer Cheryl Laughlin was inspired to start scribbling bucket list ideas in the back of her...

Students on the 21st Century Charter School Robotics team use a laptop to control their robot during class.

Technology reshapes education, ‘making thinking visible’

May 21, 2019 at 3:08 a.m.

Jeannette Jones, dean of education at Schaumburg-based for-profit American InterContinental University, told of a time she sat in on a middle school class and a student asked the teacher a...

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