I have known my friend Lisa for more than 30 years. When she walks into a room, it's as if a mega watt light switch is turned on. She has an infectious laugh and is an amazing dancer. She's a swimmer, a cook, an animal lover. She cares about and loves the people in her life as much as she does herself. She never second guesses herself, takes compliments graciously and speaks about herself confidently yet humbly. She accepts herself. Read more »
Who is the one person you spend your whole life with? The answer, “YOU.” Should we waste even a minute not loving our self? Writer, Sara Courter, reminds us that we must celebrate who we are and learn to love our self unconditionally. By learning to love and be comfortable [...] Read more »
When we have a problem to solve, we tend to focus our attention on the problem itself when instead we should be paying attention to the solution. In true storyteller fashion, author, Tiela Garnett, shares a challenging kayak trip that served to remind her of this. As you read this [...] Read more »
Recently I found myself questioning why life feels so difficult at times. Why does it feel like a constant teeter-totter of emotions and moods? Can’t life just flow smoothly along? “I must be doing something wrong,” I lament. So I began to examine this dilemma because after all I read dozens of articles a month about how to keep your life in balance and live joyfully. I should know the answer to this. Read more »
As always I love articles, like this one by Martha Beck, that make you think and examine things in a new way. Beck uses a labyrinth as a metaphor for life. We think of our life as a journey that should be linear. We should always be moving forward, but [...] Read more »
This piece by Mary Armstrong is prose that feels like poetry. I could read it over and over again, and it would feel just as luscious and precious as the first time. So read it, savor it, meditate upon it. Perhaps it can help you find the pathway to discovering [...] Read more »
Life is a journey, and sometimes along the way we feel stuck. We feel that we aren’t moving forward as we should. We often react with resistance. We chastise ourselves. We feel at fault for the slow down and even begin to see ourselves as failing. Author, Barry John Johnson, [...] Read more »
