In many cultures, food is an expression of love. Sometimes, as was the case for me growing up as a child of immigrants, food might be the only expression of love. My parents were...

Traveling light with just a “carry-on” is an appealing idea, but many people hesitate to give it a try. It’s often easier to stick with what we know, packing everything “just in case,”...

“An empath is a person highly attuned to the feelings and emotions of those around them. Empaths feel what another person is feeling at a deep emotional level.” ~Leah Campbell When I learned the...

Living in today’s world means being constantly surrounded by a culture of consumerism, where value is routinely assigned to how much we own, how much money we spend, how expensive our possessions are,...

“Sometimes things have to go wrong before they can go right. Sometimes we have to let the wrong people walk out before we allow the right people to walk in. Sometimes we have...

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” ~Bernard M. Baruch As a young boy, maybe in fourth or fifth grade,...

Note: This is a guest post by Winnie of Her Digital Coffee.“I’ve found that the less stuff I own, the less my stuff owns me.” —Nathan W. MorrisDiscovering MinimalismA few years ago, I...

“Self-care is also not arguing with people who are committed to misunderstanding you.” ~Ayishat A. Akanbi⠀ It was an early evening in late June of 2020. My housemate and I were eating sushi in...