A powerful landowner gave his daughter to a man everyone despised… but no one imagined how her destiny would change forever.

The year was 1847, and the sweltering heat of the Mississippi Delta enveloped the vast Riverstone Manor plantation like a heavy, damp blanket. This place was an empire built on sprawling cotton fields and boundless ambition, owned by the influential landowner Augustus Whitmore. To the world, Augustus was an admired man. Rich, powerful, and respected … Read more

Siblings: Birth order and personality

How your birth order influences your personality Some experts theorize that birth order is an important tool for predicting an adult’s behavior and determining how they feel and perceive the world. The psychiatrist Alfred Adler (1870-1937) first proposed a theory about the effect of birth order on personality. Other theorists such as Frank Sulloway and … Read more

Your feet hold the map of your emotions (and science is starting to take it seriously)

The foot map shows the areas of the foot connected to different organs and emotional states, according to traditional reflexology. Source: Reflexology for Everyone. Foot reflexology is a complementary therapy that associates specific areas of the sole of the foot with organs and emotional states of the body. Although the scientific evidence is mixed, studies … Read more