Category: Personal Growth

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 [...]

by Marlene Buffa A chain email circulating around these days tells the story of a woman planning her own funeral.  In her directions to the undertaker, she mandates that her right hand hold a fork.  When the inquisitive mortician asks why, she answers, “My mother always said to ‘Keep Your Fork,’ so I’m going to [...]

by Lisa Tully To be or not to be — a lone female ranger during these times of great change? As a thirty something female on a journey of self-discovery I have found myself in a position that I would call the “lone female ranger.” I live alone, mostly work alone, reside in a different [...]

by Joyce & Barry Vissel Finding peace in your lives and relationships, especially if you feel stressed with financial, health, or relationship challenges, can sometimes seem almost impossible. And yet finding that peace is essential. There is a story of a king who offered a prize to the artist who could paint the best picture of [...]

by Joyce & Barry Vissel In a court of law, if both partners of a married couple claim they have irreconcilable differences, the court will grant them a legal divorce – without even asking what the differences are! Joyce and I, on the other hand, having worked with thousands of couples over the last 37 [...]

by Lynne McTaggart One chilly Saturday morning, I was standing in a drafty auditorium watching one of my daughters in the midst of a dress rehearsal for her drama class’s annual production. A talented actress, she had been chosen for the lead part during the auditions, but a few weeks before the dress rehearsal had [...]

Summer is a time of warm temperatures, sunny skies, green leaves, neighborhood cookouts, family vacations, ice cream cones, and more. In short, it’s a season that’s full of opportunities for enjoyment—so why do so many of us drift through these warm weeks in the same hum-drum fog we’re lost in during the other three seasons? [...]

By Eric Best, author of Into My Father’s Wake An old friend who is struggling through a dark period in life (recent death of a cherished parent) is trying to climb back into the light, so to speak, and called to talk things over. I found myself suggesting something that I realized I would do [...]