The holidays mean lots of time spent with family, which can mean lots of opportunities for stress. Whether your brother-in-law insists on talking about politics, your mother probes into your love life, or your Great Aunt Jean picks her teeth at the table, family gatherings are rife with opportunities to lose your cool.

By Sara Ryba, R.D., C.D.N.

Finding a healthy, affordable diet is definitely a challenge given the rapidly rising cost of groceries. It used to be that buying fresh, unprocessed foods would save you money, but that no longer is the case. According to Tufts University, the rise in cost of more nutritious food is beating the rate of inflation.

By Annie B. Bond

By Sadie Nardini

Sherry Johnson-Traver planned on taking an Alaskan cruise and traveling the world with her husband. But those plans changed when crisis struck. In 2007, just a day before their 14th wedding anniversary, her husband Ross died of lung cancer.

By Meagan Francis

Susi Elkins, a media producer and mother of two in Michigan, has a lot of lofty goals: Be more careful with her money. Exercise regularly. Express her creative side by writing every day. Eat healthy, whole foods. Keep better track of her budget.

By Gretchen Roberts

By Jodi Helmer

By Denise Schipani

No one has to remind us that these are challenging times. I know it, for sure: until last spring, when my husband found a job after 18 months of searching, I was our sole provider. I spent that whole time firing on every available cylinder, with a knot of worry permanently fixed in my stomach.