Is Consuming Less the Answer to Creating More?
Like many of you, I have an Amazon Prime account. My heart seems to skip a beat when my doorbell rings, dropping off another brown box. I find satisfaction in…
Creativity
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Creativity is more than art, it is navigation through life using imagination—one of the most powerful tools we have against anxiety and fear. It opens us up to engage at a deeper level and grow in mind, soul and spirit.
35 Things to Cross Off Your Winter Bucket List
As someone who grew up in Minnesota and now lives in southern California, I’ve experienced winter in all of its forms — from harsh blizzards to mild rains to full-on…
Monthly Music Mix | Hear & Now
The year is 2016. The time that lay ahead of us is teeming with possibility and adventure. It is ripe with purpose. New years allow us a grace period, where we look…
Internal Ways of Ensuring Personal Success
New Year, new you. Sound familiar? We’ve all heard it. Many of us have said it; even fewer of us feel any assurance in our ability to make it come…
Lessons for a New Year
I am still learning About this thing we call life and how it works And how we keep time here on this earth How do we mark heaven here below…
In a Scary World, Why Insecurity is Our Friend
No one seeks out insecurity. No one anticipates the idea that tomorrow may not go according to plan. Like it or not, however, life often seems bent on twisting our…
Give Her a Listen: Christie Brooke
Retro-pop with an island twist, singer Christie Brooke doesn’t produce anything that you’d expect. Though talented, of course, her voice surprises you with its range; it seems to carve out new spaces…
Because Tragedy Isn’t The End
In 2012 I was lifting weights at the gym when I felt my spine pop like a helium balloon. Although it was extremely painful and scary, I had no idea…
Monthly Music Mix: Finding Peace
“I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never…
Fruitful Fields
This year I held doubt close And found sorrow in all seasons But my heart is still here. This year I lost love Over and over and over again But…
How Do We Know Who We Ought to Be?
To err is human. We’ve all doubtless heard this phrase before, but in spite of its truth, who among us doesn’t still cling to a desire to achieve perfection, to…
The Final Question
My mom says that before my first birthday I was talking in full sentences with most of them ending in question marks. In later years, on the drive to school,…
