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As Covid-19 infection rates fall, doctors and patients are sifting through the wreckage of symptoms left behind. Poet and author Meghan O'Rourke's call for medical system changes could help people struggling with chronic illness as well as the increasing ranks of those affected by long Covid.

We know changes in the weather and seasons can affect mood, causing run-of-the-mill rainy-day blues and seasonal affective disorder. Now, it's also important to recognize the harmful mental and physical health effects of long-term climate change.

Self-care alone is not the only ingredient for happiness and peace of mind, said "The War for Kindness" author Jamil Zaki. Helping others provides a fast track to improving our own well-being.

Adding self-care to your mile-long to-do list can feel impossible when you're already juggling too much. Instead of calling it self-care, says Zibby Owens, let's think of it as reclaiming time for life.

Parenting is a form of activism, explains Dr. Traci Baxley, author of "Social Justice Parenting: How to Raise Compassionate, Anti-Racist, Justice-Minded Kids." "The values and actions we practice at home will be reflected in the way our children move through the world."

No one was more surprised than poet Maggie Smith that writing herself a daily pep talk during the unraveling of her marriage actually helped her feel better. Now, Smith's "Keep Moving: The Journal" inspires those who are struggling to write through their own challenges.

The pandemic has made it hard for parents of teens and tweens to know what's weighing on our kids or how to help, but psychologist Lisa Damour gives advice on what to do