Some people are easy to place within minutes. You know the role they want to play, the opinions they can express, and the approval they expect. Others are harder to cut. They are warm but unwilling to please, confident in…
Most days don’t fall apart because you haven’t worked hard. They fall apart because your attention is scattered in a hundred little directions and by 3pm you’re running on caffeine and guilt. If you’ve been looking for ways to be…
If your mornings tend to start with a quick mind and reach for your phone before your feet even touch the floor, you’re not alone, and there’s a gentler way to start. Morning practices of faith offer something the world…
You can tell a lot about a person by the way they talk to their dog. Not whether almost everyone does, but how. Some people say hello quickly and move on. Others see everything as a conversation with a roommate…
Parents of grown children often wonder where they are. Now calls are shorter, visits are less frequent, and all this distance is easy to see as a loss of interest. Sometimes you find yourself wondering if they like you more.…
Happiness is talked about as if it is something you add to your life. New habit, new routine, big change. But more often than not, it’s not about adding, it’s more about removing. Some things that spoil a good mood…
“Be the love you never got.” “Fall in love with yourself first.” “Treat yourself like someone you love.” Hmm, good. thanks But how the hell do you do that? Leaving aside my desire to swear a lot (it’s an Australian…
Our nervous system is designed to protect us from danger, but what happens when it reacts to threats that no longer exist? Author Kathryn Swett explores how we can meet these devastating moments by preferring to avoid them and, over…
You meet someone and discover that they are ten years older than you thought, sometimes two. It’s rarely a matter of their skin or their gym schedule. It’s something about how they move around the room, how they talk, what…
Social media can trap us in automatic scrolling cycles built on novelty, reward and instant stimulation. Learn how to break this habit and use social media more consciously. Social media can induce a trance-like state where we are no longer…
