Parents Just Don’t Understand

As we get ready to shower mom with love and appreciation on this upcoming Mother’s Day, the idea of parenthood comes into question. How did your parents do as parents? Hmm,...

3 Love Lessons I Learned From My Ex

‘Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all. My guess is Alfred Lord Tennyson knew a thing or two about love. I agree with his sentiment, “’Tis...

WWJD: Love Thy Neighbor

Close your eyes. Picture someone you love very much, with all your heart. Your mom, your daughter, your nephew, your grandpa, your best friend, your husband, whoever. Pick...

Why Complicate Things? The Return To Simple

“Keep it simple,” my mom would say whenever I was on the edge of a panic attack in college. Now her voice rings in my ears when I start to get stressed, anxious or burned out....

How To Become Your Biggest Fan

We see things not as they are, but as we are. The Talmud Maybe there’s no such thing as enemy. Maybe no one’s vying for your demise so much as their own ascension. Maybe the...

Today’s Gift

It was then that I carried you. God c/o Mary Stevenson Today marks a momentous occasion for me for two reasons. First reason: I completed one full month of backpacking solo in...

What is Ego: Ego’s Effect on Relationships (Part 5)

Why should anything anyone says or does cause you to get disturbed? Michael A. Singer Imagine if one set of thoughts, opinions, judgments, definitions, interpretations, past...