The Emotional Costs of Holding on Too Long
Every step grows heavier when we hang on to unhealthy attachments that no longer serve us.
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How Your Purpose Has the Power to Change the World
At the beginning of a new year, we often feel inspired to leave behind our old selves and create improved versions of who we are: more virtuous, better informed, healthier, and more financially secure. We set resolutions to support these goals.
Finding Strength and Power in Humility
You are likely immersed in the gift-giving rhythm of Christmas, carefully thinking about everyone else on your list. But do not overlook the most important person on that list: you. There is no greater gift than choosing to invest in your own growth and giving yourself the tools to become...
We Survive Through Each Other, Just as Nature Intended
On May 10, 2016, National Geographic magazine published a story on the reintroduction of gray wolves into Yellowstone National Park. For many decades these apex predators were driven to extinction in the park due to their threats to livestock and the safety of people. To celebrate the 100th...
Staying Grounded When Life Hands You a Box of Paradoxes
Nature is full of opposites: joy and suffering, victory and defeat, life and death, pleasure and pain and so many others. Naturally, we would prefer only to experience the positive instead of the negative ones but without the two extremes we could not appreciate or understand the necessity…
Gratitude is a Great Attitude
When we encounter people who radiate genuine happiness and contentment, it’s almost always rooted in gratitude. Their thankfulness for who they are, what they have, and the life they are creating shape their temperament. You can feel it in their presence. They exude a quiet confidence...
The Art of Forgiving When You Can’t Forget
It can feel impossible to forgive someone who has deliberately acted with malice or betrayal towards you. Maybe it was the driver who cut you off in traffic, the jealous parent who constantly belittles your child, or even someone who caused harm to you or a loved one. In moments like these...
Why Empathy is Your Superpower and How to Live It
There’s an old story about a chicken and a pig walking past a church one Sunday morning. From inside, they could hear the joyful sounds of singing and worship. The chicken turned to the pig and said, “We owe a lot to the people who care for us; they feed us, give us shelter, and keep us safe. We...
Release the Pain of Self-Betrayal, Be Who You Are
It’s one of life’s harsher truths, difficult to accept at first, and even harder to live by consistently. But the wisdom of this runs deep. Think of it the way the great existentialist philosopher Søren Kierkegaard captured it, “There is only one sin ultimately, and that is the steadfast refusal...
Let Go of Fear and Begin to Find Your True Self
One of my favorite interpretations of the acronym FEAR is "Forget Everything and Run." Fleeing is a natural response when we feel exposed or threatened. This instinct may keep us physically safe, but it also becomes the greatest barrier to fulfilling our deepest calling to be...
Self-Awareness Creates the Ground Where Happiness Grows
There is an old Hindu legend which states that at one time all human beings were gods. However, they treated their divinity with such disrespect that Brahma, the chief god, decided their divinity should be taken away and hidden where humans would never find it. The question was...
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