Nature

“Healing doesn’t mean the damage never existed. It means the damage no longer controls our lives.” ~Akshay Dubey The realization came to me during a chaotic day at the Philadelphia public school where I worked as a counselor. A young student sat across from me, her body language mirroring anxiety patterns I knew all too […]

“You don’t have to control your thoughts. You just have to stop letting them control you.” ~Dan Millman For as long as I can remember, my mind has been a never-ending maze of what-ifs. What if I make the wrong decision? What if I embarrass myself? What if I fail? My brain worked overtime, analyzing

“Happiness in simplicity can be achieved with a flexible mindset and nine hours sleep each night.” ~Dalai Lama It happened again. I got up after being awake all night, wondering where I’d gone for the past nine hours. I remember laying my head on the pillow, exhausted, happy to finally close my burning eyes. My

The news: everything is bad. Poets: okay, but what if everything is bad and we still fall in love with the moon and learn something from the flowers. ~Nikita Gill My dad died when I was thirty-one. I wasn’t a child but barely felt like an adult. He had reached retirement, but only just. Mary

“Being free isn’t actually that easy.” ~Unknown I’ve always been an achiever. I’ve worked hard to reach goals: I was good at school, then got a good job, and ended up making good money. My colleagues valued my clear view of the goal, my ability to break down the big task into parts that one

There I was, eating cereal and watching a CNN documentary about Kobe Bryant—yes, I mix deep life reflection with Raisin Bran—when his old speech teacher said something that made me pause mid-chew. He described Kobe’s approach to life as giving everything—heart, soul, and body—to his craft. No halfway. Just all in. I sat there thinking, “Yes!

What my money mindset taught me—and why I believe in this bundle with my whole heart. I have a confession to make: I hate sending “sales” emails, and especially the “last day” ones, because I visualize myself in a tacky, oversized suit, a cigar hanging out of the side of my mouth, selling someone on

If your mind’s been racing or your body’s been tense, I get it. Life doesn’t always slow down when we need it to, and sometimes, even five quiet minutes can feel like a luxury. That’s why I’m excited to pass along this gift from a meditation app that’s helped millions in Europe and is now

I was around five the first time I remember getting in trouble. It was nearing Christmas, and I wasn’t buying into the whole Santa story anymore. A magic man spends all year making toys, then drops down chimneys and delivers them all in one night? Nope. I may have only been five, but I was

“When you say yes to others, make sure you aren’t saying no to yourself.” ~Paulo Coelho Have you ever felt like no matter how much you give, it’s never enough? Like your worth is measured by how useful, accommodating, or strong you can be for others? This invisible burden is what I call the Good