There’s always a light at the end of the tunnel so the saying goes. Faith is believing that it’s not a train barreling straight at you. I had…
Research has proven many significant benefits in cultivating gratitude for mental and physical health. Studies show that the practice of gratitude can increase happiness levels by an average…
We all know that it feels good to be on the receiving end of a gift or a good deed, but did you also know there are plenty of…
As you probably know — maybe even firsthand, depression is more than just feeling blue or having negative emotions. That happens to all of us. That’s normal. Depression…
To ensure survival, your ancestors’ brains developed a prickly awareness: always on the lookout for danger, zooming in on any potential threat, being super sensitive to painful experiences and…
This is a guest post by Paige Burkes of Simple Mindfulness. The mere thought of a stressful event sends your heart racing. Your boss wants to “speak with…
After taking care of my brother as he wasted away and died from AIDs, the end of my 18-year marriage to my high school sweetheart in an ugly…
The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; the wise grows it under his feet.” — James Openheim Maybe you’ve always thought of yourself as being a “glass…
Although I rarely read magazines of any kind, I was gifted a subscription to one. Because it had landed on the top of the stack of reading material…
The dishwasher overflowed last night, you woke up to a kitchen floor full of suds and were late to work. You found out two days ago that the mole…
Often, I feel like I’m walking a tightrope, arms outstretched perilously putting one wobbly foot in front of the other, trying to find that elusive balance between living…