Difficult conversations can bring up emotions like anger, hurt, and fear that make it hard to really listen to what the other person is saying.

Foods either meet our individual nutritional needs or they don't. Similarly, we are not good or bad based on what we eat. We are simply beings that require food to live.

Even in the happiest, most close-knit families, spending time with large groups of family members or with family members that you don't see regularly can be draining, especially when you add in the pressure and demands of the holiday season.