“Make it a great day that ends with a smile in your heart.” Growing up, I always heard my father speak variations of these words. They’ve always sort of been ingrained in my head,...

We live in a world filled with empty consumeristic promises.To get the girl, buy this cologne.To be the life of the party, get this television.To impress your friends, buy this watch.To turn heads,...

“Until you make peace with who you are, you will never be content with what you have.” ~Doris Mortman For most of my life, I believed my worth was tied to how well I...

Note: This is a guest post from Joe Darago, Executive Director of The Hope Effect, and a friend of mine for over 30 years.I come from a big family—five sisters and me—filling every...

“It’s okay to let go of those who couldn’t love you. Those who didn’t know how to. Those who failed to even try. It’s okay to outgrow them, because that means you filled...

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ~Anaïs Nin What is it about us that makes us wait...

“Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through. Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a...

There is a small nuance in language that I often find myself chiming in on when I see a need to do so.At first, the adjustment seems and sounds small. But in...