“The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another.” – William James In our lives,...
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The ability to manifest a happy, healthy and successful life is available to any person, at any time, anywhere. It...
In the era of the fast, the instant and the immediate, it can at times feel overwhelming trying to reach...
One of my favourite energy-boosting foods is a green drink—a blended concoction packed with healthy ingredients. The other day my...
I was in "my house" looking into a tank that was full of snakes. One snake was a cobra and its head was
The theologian Peter Kreeft declares, “Joy is more than happiness, just as happiness is more than pleasure. Pleasure is in...
DEPRESSION: An Eviction Notice for My Lifelong Roommate
A mere three months ago we experienced one of the most traumatic days of my life. It is a day I do not care to relive, a day preceded by a lifetime of events, a day that I am learning to stop blaming you for.
For the last fifteen years of my life I have been a spiritual wanderer. In my early twenties I left...
In 2015, preeminent theologian and bestselling author Matthew Fox was invited by the Thomas Merton Center in Louisville, KY, to...
For the majority of my life I have suffered from glossophobia, which is the fear of public speaking. I imagine that most people reading this can relate, as surveys have shown that 3 out of every 4 people tend to experience some level of speech anxiety that troubles them when they deliver public speeches. Over the years, my own level of speech anxiety has gone from sweating profusely to having a full-on panic attack and, for a long time, I attempted to simply avoid speaking publicly.
With the release of Captain America: Civil War, millions of people across the world will be drawn to their local movie theaters. Whenever a movie that is based on a comic book comes out in theaters, there is big hype. People talk about it for years in advance, guessing the villain and the hero’s supporting cast.
We were known as the Sandwich Generation—taking care of teens as well as taking care of our elderly parents. Then most of us ‘Baby Boomer’ women started experiencing Empty Nest in a big way as our children went off to college or out to work or travel.
"I want you always to remember me. Will you remember that I existed, and that I stood next to you here like this?"
"Always," I said. "I'll always remember." —from Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Argentina, the land of cattle ranches and parillas (steakhouses), and yet there I was at a Hare Krishna Eco Yoga Farm eating vegan pizza. My foodie senses had certainly led me off the beaten path but, in a way, it was meant to be.
“She’s suffering from depression,” my mother tells me carefully. We’re sitting across from each other and she’s brewing the coffee. I settle for a cup of black tea and nod absentmindedly.
Eric was my mother’s youngest sibling. There were two brothers, the oldest and the youngest of the brood, and three sisters in the middle. All the siblings, but my mother, were married when Eric was born, and my mother wound up being left at home to help my grandmother with the chores when Eric was a baby.
Every day I go through hang-ups and setbacks because of the programs that have been playing in my head for so many years. However, with my new understanding, I am now easily able to catch them. There are many things that led to this shift, as well as many years of trials and tribulations.
OMG! How Children See God Monica Parker [Health Communications Inc., 96 pages] If you have ever had questions about God...
In the 1988 Presidential election year I found myself employed as the campaign manager of a friend of mine who was running for President of the U.S. under the banner of the Human Party, an alternative party he founded that was designed to embrace people of all political viewpoints and parties.
We live in a world that, in part thanks to technology, is slowly losing the ability for having conversations that matter and therefore changing how we are in relationships with ourselves, with others, and within our communities.
We’ve been friends for over three decades. It feels like an entire lifetime. The time has gone by so quickly.
We’ve laughed until tears marked our cheeks. You’ve seen me cry. You knew my circumstances. Saw my fears. Knew my secrets. And I knew yours. We got one another through tough times in our lives.
Two of the most courageous elements missing from most business environments is the combination of vulnerability and mindfulness—at all levels, practised with intention, consistently, and wholeheartedly.
We are inundated with messages of chasing and living the dream. The exhilarating life overseas, finding our purpose or the perfect partner. But this state of mind keeps us running toward an elusive finish line. Yet the dream is never quite as it seems
BEYOND THE SURFACE: 4 Important practices to bring out the magic of ‘ME’
For years I managed a billion dollar portfolio, built facilities and programs used by millions, stood in front of media, board members, leaders and teams to deliver messages of varying degrees of importance.
