Challenges, struggles, and failures are inescapable facets of life. While we cannot control our circumstances and failures, we can choose how we respond to them. That’s where resilience comes in. [...]
Let’s say you have extra money to spend at the end of a year of hard work. Would you rather use the money to purchase a brand new flat screen or tickets to a vacation in Maui? They both cost the [...]
Ask any person what the worst feelings in the world are, and chances are that loneliness ranks high on the list. It is an experience that many of us share, and yet, it literally keeps us apart. [...]
From the outside, Kevin Breel looks like he has it all. He is a successful comedian, team captain, and gets invited to parties. No one would think that he is depressed. Yet, he is. In this [...]
At the risk of oversimplifying, it strikes me that we can assess how well we’re living life, and, in turn, develop a plan for its improvement by scoring ourselves on just four factors: health, [...]
Easter as a Pagan Tradition By Robert Vaux Christians celebrate Easter as the day Jesus Christ rose from the dead following his crucifixion. But many other Easter traditions–eggs, rabbits, [...]
Dedicated to my mother, Janice Stevens, whose birthday was April 16th, ’33. She lived to a well-seasoned 80 and slipped into the ‘next room’ on Dec. 18th, ’14. Death is [...]
Last week, a viral campaign under the hashtag #NoMakeUpSelfie crowded the internet. The trend was created to raise awareness to support breast cancer research. The campaign encouraged girls to [...]
Too many twenty-somethings are driving through the twists and turns of their 20′s with windshields covered in mud, lies, and half-truths. And then we wonder why so many of us have crashed? We [...]
I don’t think I’m alone when I stare at a long list of things to do on my whiteboard and wonder to myself, how in the world am I going to find the motivation to do all of this? This frequent [...]