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For 25 years, I ran. Not literally, though some days it felt that way. I ran the family business. I ran the household. I ran toward my children with everything I had because I loved them completely ...

Notable Birthdays: Marilyn Monroe (June 1), Prince, Nikki Giovanni (June 7), Anne Frank (June 12), Anne Morrow Lindbergh (June 22), George Orwell (June 25), Helen Keller (June 27), Antoine de ...

Most of us didn’t grow up learning how to navigate conflict in healthy, compassionate ways. If anything, many of us were taught to fear it. Stay quiet. Don’t rock the boat. Keep the peace. And for a ...

Visualization sounds simple enough. Picture the life you want. Hold the vision clearly. Feel it as if it’s already yours. And eventually, it should start to take shape. But if it worked that way, more ...

Grief is often described as an emotional experience, something that lives in the heart or mind. We talk about sadness, heartbreak, longing, or despair. But after a profound loss, many people discover ...

I’ve struggled to find the words this week. To find the balance between blind rage and constructive communication. To understand why I feel the need to find that balance at all. Racism isn’t new to me ...

Saying “thank you” ain’t nearly enough, I’m sure we agree, but it’s a start! Those who know war, as they say, hate war. It’s not a thing of glory, it’s a thing of mud and blood. Plato said “Only the ...

She was done not fully being herself. She realized she was the only self she could be—and not being unapologetically true to herself was a disservice to her soul and the world. She was done listening ...

To Prop or Not to Prop? For many yoga students, the idea of using a prop to help them achieve or stay in a yoga pose seems like cheating. The inner dialogue may go something like, “I can do this pose!

There was once a man who was visited by three goddesses. They were attempting to settle a dispute between them, a trifling matter to determine which of them held claim to the golden apple that had ...

During that global pandemic that disrupted life as we know it, many people attempted to find the silver lining in the chaos. For some, it brought people closer to their friends and families. For ...