I heard recently, “Some people will question all the good things they hear about you but believe all the bad without a second thought.” It reminded me of a recent experience where a...

“The world” is not bad. Our world is not falling apart and succumbing to evil. An evil person, from time to time, does evil things. But look how outnumbered they are. Yes, they do harm,...

"Look back to learn. Look forward to succeed." - J. Girard

Sometimes when we look backward, it's to remember something really good, that we miss, or that just makes us feel happy to think about....

How do you start your day? Is it with prayer, meditation, exercise, journaling? A purposeful start to your day, whatever that may be, can help you have a more purposeful day all the way around....

How did you get here? If you look up one day, and you think about your life, "How did I get here?".. give more thought to it. What is it that lead you to where you are right now? Good choices, bad,...

What do you look forward to? There's a neurotransmitter in your brain, dopamine, which handles reward & pleasure. It's what makes us repeat things we enjoy. To be happy, we can't have...

When the storm is brewing... and you can feel it... and you can see it coming... it can be intimidating. It can be frightening. And you can easily feel completely overwhelmed. As much as you try to...

Letting go is hard sometimes. If you've invested time & energy into something, or someone, it makes it even harder. But there are situations where staying means not being allowed to grow or...

You wouldn’t pick up a bottle labeled “Poison” and start drinking it, because you know it would be really bad for you. But so many of the things we do, from day to day, are bad...

Grief. You can miss someone, a person, but you can also miss a situation. You can miss a time long gone. You can miss a place you used to go. But what we mostly miss, which is grief, is a...

When things seem out of control, you may feel the need to take control of anything you can. So many things are out of our control, and sometimes it feels like we're just caught up in a whirlwind of...

Walk away. You're right in the middle of it, and it's wearing you down, and it's taking your peace, and it's starting to take a toll on your life, your physical state, your mental well-being, and...