Isn't it great to know that you have a choice in how today, and this week, will be for you? Do you know that you are the creator of your life? You have choice in how your day goes. I spent years thinking the outcome of my life was due to my circumstances or to the...
Our culture has become much less about serving and sustaining our community, and so much more about being seen and showing off. People are self focused, less connected and more depressed; it is a culture heavily intoxicated with people who are building the ‘self’...
When I was young, I grew up with my mother and two younger sisters. My parents divorced when I was six, and the divorce ended our financial and emotional stability. It was a challenging time. Eventually, my mother became dependent on alcohol and my father moved...
Being a seeker in the world is part of being human. Think about it: when we are kids, we explore the world around us; we become fascinated with bugs and animals, with how things work in the world, with science and geography, with relationships, with our feelings, with...
Culturally we have become consumed with ‘me, myself and I’. We are always speaking about what we want, how we want it and what our free time should look like. We focus on who should be showing up for us and what our needs are, fixated on what we can get out of this...
I was probably around 11 or so when I started to feel immense shame around who I was. As you would imagine as I grew into a teenager, my memories are of being under constant assault by my peers and friends. It may not have been...
With our culture and world dealing with an epidemic of depression, I feel speaking about happiness is paramount. According to the World Health Organization, 300 million people worldwide have depression, and 16.2 million adults in the U.S. have experienced a major...
Do you ever find yourself wishing for a different reality? A different partner, a different career, a different car, a different house, a different life? If I had a dollar for every time I heard someone complain about the life they’ve created, I would be a pretty...
I feel like you need a reminder of how great you are. You have built an incredible life. Even if you're in the midst of great struggle right now, you are strong and capable of dealing with anything that comes your way. You've never been smarter then you are right...
A new year is all about change, about looking towards the future and letting go of the past year. Of transition. Of change. Of imagining a better future. This process often results in us trying to create 'resolutions' that are about what we don't have or how we are...