Living your life in a way that would make your departed loved ones proud of you may be the best way to honor their memory. Here’s how I learned this truth.
Living your life in a way that would make your departed loved ones proud of you may be the best way to honor their memory. Here’s how I learned this truth.
Unsatisfied with your life? Maybe it’s time for a bold step forward, a leap of faith. First, gather information and support to make sure your faith isn’t blind.
Unsatisfied with your life? Maybe it’s time for a bold step forward, a leap of faith. First, gather information and support to make sure your faith isn’t blind.
We all face traumatic experiences that threaten to overwhelm us. Choosing to be brave, knowing you’ll “live to tell about it,” helps get you to the other side.
We all face traumatic experiences that threaten to overwhelm us. Choosing to be brave, knowing you’ll “live to tell about it,” helps get you to the other side.
COVID-19, like past pandemics and disasters, will continue to affect our mental health. But there are things we can do to protect ourselves against the impact.
COVID-19, like past pandemics and disasters, will continue to affect our mental health. But there are things we can do to protect ourselves against the impact.
Holding onto unforgiving emotions corrodes our hearts and minds. Forgiveness is a powerful, proactive choice that can clear away the corrosion and free us to be our best.
Holding onto unforgiving emotions corrodes our hearts and minds. Forgiveness is a powerful, proactive choice that can clear away the corrosion and free us to be our best.
You can hope until the cows come home that your life will be better than it used to be or still is. But until hopefulness spurs you to take action, nothing will change.
You can hope until the cows come home that your life will be better than it used to be or still is. But until hopefulness spurs you to take action, nothing will change.
Don't make life harder with a list of must-dos and don'ts for the coming year. Find a slogan you like that will remind you of what you want to accomplish. Then watch it work.
Don't make life harder with a list of must-dos and don'ts for the coming year. Find a slogan you like that will remind you of what you want to accomplish. Then watch it work.
I called my little Christmas tree my “Tree of Life” after a medical diagnosis plunged me into darkness. It’s why I’m all for lights and sparkles at this COVID-19 Christmastime.
I called my little Christmas tree my “Tree of Life” after a medical diagnosis plunged me into darkness. It’s why I’m all for lights and sparkles at this COVID-19 Christmastime.
The pandemic is traumatizing everyone. But we can consciously tap into the emotional resources that got us through our earlier traumas to get through this one.
The pandemic is traumatizing everyone. But we can consciously tap into the emotional resources that got us through our earlier traumas to get through this one.
Do you have boxes of old family photos to organize "someday"? You may be missing an excellent opportunity to feel connected to "your people" and support your resilience.
Do you have boxes of old family photos to organize "someday"? You may be missing an excellent opportunity to feel connected to "your people" and support your resilience.
Even when life seems to be "all COVID-19, all the time," we get to choose how the pandemic defines our lives. A devastating medical diagnosis taught me that.
Even when life seems to be "all COVID-19, all the time," we get to choose how the pandemic defines our lives. A devastating medical diagnosis taught me that.
At any moment, someone’s aggravating behavior or our own bad luck can set us off on an emotional spiral that threatens to derail our entire day. Here’s how we can face our triggers with less reactivity so that we can get on with our lives.