Transitioning careers can be a daunting process. Whether you're seeking new challenges, pursuing a passion, or adapting to the changing...

I was born serious. My mother says I came out of the womb telling the doctor what to do. I love to read, research, and study while others...

When we knock out the to-do list, wrangle an emotional preschooler, comfort the grocery store cashier who’s having a bad day, and...

I find myself not belonging in all the familiar places. I’ve stretched beyond the boundaries of my family of origin, beyond my...

Americans stay on the hamster wheel of work, family, community responsibilities. We typically only rest at holidays (unless we are the...

In February our world loves to focus on romantic love, when self-love seems to be the one thing that would impact our relationships, our...

Everyone’s life is driven by something. Thomas Carlyle said, “The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder.” None of us want...

Neuroscience tells us we are creating pathways in our brain, much like ruts in a dirt road, that become deeper and deeper, and therefore,...

I’m caught in a cycle. Every morning I tell myself I’m going to accomplish THE THING. You know the one, the thing that I’ve been pushing...

50,000 times a day we talk to ourselves, according to researchers. Sadly, 80% of it is negative — I shouldn’t have said that . . . She...

Many decades ago I planned my day out — every 15 minutes. I was ecstatic about the fact that I knew what I would be doing every minute of...

The day the counselor suggested I was carrying around some shame, I protested, “That’s not even possible. I grew up in a healthy, solid,...

The big lie: You have to have more points. This is the message we are always hearing, you need more — more money, more help, more time....

It keeps coming. I keep working on eliminating it and it keeps coming. First, I try something that worked before. Then, I try something...

If you live with children, you also live with two other mysterious people — Somebody and Nobody. Somebody always did it and Nobody ever...

With her tongue in her check, she said, “Oh, I don’t need any more emotional maturity — in fact, I probably need to turn it down a...

Values motivate our choices. I value wisdom which means I own a library worth of books, spend a couple of hours a day reading, listening...

This all feels so overwhelming — anxiety, fear, stress, the unknown — it feels like too much some times. If you are like me, you are...

A ten-year old boy was recently ask if he preferred to be inside or outside. He preferred inside because that is where you find...

Rules. We all live by rules. Arrive at work on time. Stop at red lights. Wash your own dish. Rules make the world go round -- rules in...