Category: Personal Growth

Looking for something with more impact (and sticking power) than the usual doomed-to-fail resolutions? Vickie Milazzo wants you to make 2012 the year you finally buck up and start living the life YOU want to live—recession be damned! For many recession-wracked American women, the ending of 2011 feels like just another mile marker in an [...]

If you’re less than thrilled about Christmas, Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, perhaps it’s because you’re letting others dictate what you should be doing. Kathleen McIntire, creator of Guiding Signs 101, explains how to celebrate the season in a way that means something to YOU. The winter holidays are just around the corner, and if you’re like [...]

For all the promise of joy, peace and harmony that comes with the holiday season, the reality for millions of people is that the season is anything but a celebration. For many, it’s a reminder of lost loved ones, personal disappointments and dreams left unfulfilled. But for life coach Teri Johnson, whose personal journey through [...]

If you’ve lost a loved one, you may be dreading the holidays. Intuitive psychologist Susan Apollon offers some helpful hints on getting through the toughest time of the year. If you’ve recently lost a loved one—and even if it happened not so recently—the holidays can be heart-wrenching. The stark contrast between glowing lights and the [...]

Todd Patkin suffered a nervous breakdown at age thirty-six—and it turned out to be a breakthrough. He shares fifteen important things about life and happiness that he has learned. You’re living a “successful” modern life, which means that you spend most of your time at work. If you’re lucky, you’re able to fulfill your responsibilities [...]

by Joyce and Barry Vissell Barry and I have just returned from Assisi, Italy, where we led our second week long retreat with musician and friend, Charley Thweatt. Similar to last year, the retreat in Assisi was life-changing for both of us. Assisi, the home of St. Francis and St. Clare, is a very inspiring [...]

by Joyce and Barry Vissell So many people struggle with their relationships. For many people, intimacy is a foreign language. And vulnerability … forget it! Show your partner your weakness, fear, pain, need for love? No way! That’ll make you look pathetic. Sorry, folks. The opposite is the truth. The only real hope for intimacy [...]

Our economic upheaval has accomplished one good thing: it’s reminded many of us that the people we love matter more than anything money can buy. Susan Apollon explains how to make more room in your life for deeper, more meaningful relationships. It’s been a rough few years. As a nation we’ve lost many things. Jobs. [...]

by Gina Charles For the past several years I had been hot on the lookout for my elusive life purpose. I had already spent many years of my life doing what I believed I was meant to do, until it was time for me to move on from that, to something new. I never anticipated [...]

An Excerpt from One-Minute Mindfulness by Donald Altman   Patience makes a mockery of expectations. It is the freedom to live at our own pace and in our own way. Patience is also an extraordinary grace that we extend to others in the most ordinary of circumstances. The patience we display in each minute makes [...]

Many of us simply try to endure each day and avoid unnecessary trouble—happiness rarely enters into our aspirations. Todd Patkin is adamant that it doesn’t have to be this way—and he shares twelve steps that will bring you much closer to your greatest life. You’re busting your butt at work so that you can snag that [...]