How to Meet Loss and Pain Without Fear

By practicing compassion we can open the heart to the universality of the human condition with clarity, allowing us to respond to difficulty...

Self Love: The Final Destination of Your Inner Journey

“The life you live is the outward expression of your inner journey.”~ Will Craig, Living the Hero’s Journey Is your mind drowning under the depth...

Five Essential Elements to Develop Your Mindfulness Practice

Sometimes, all we need is a simple road map to get us started with mindfulness—or restarted, if it’s been some time since we practiced. Science...

Is Self-Doubt Stopping You from Achieving Your Goals?

You have your heart set on something you really want in your life and the motivation juices are flowing. You’re feeling inspired, you’ve gathered...

How To Date Your Best Friend

It is possible to grow from best friends into lovers The transformation from best friends to lovers: it happened in ‘When Harry Met Sally’ and...

10 Things to Do When You’re Overwhelmed

Life can be challenging. With all the demands put upon you by work, family, relationships, external circumstances, and even yourself, it often feels as...

Practicing Self-Compassion Can Boost Your Mental Health

New research looks into how mindfulness and compassion-focused therapy can help treat depression, anxiety and stress. Most American adults will experience stress, anxiety or depression...

5 Stress-Reducing Herbal Teas

Stress. Just hearing that word can conjure up feelings of anxiety. Life offers many stressors simply during day-to-day events. School, work, health issues, busy...

When Your Loved One Has to Travel Alone

Life is in session. My wife has to make an emergency trip overseas and will be gone for an eternity—well, three whole weeks—and I...

Mindfulness: How to Do It

  Mindfulness meditation practice couldn’t be simpler: take a good seat, pay attention to the breath, and when your attention wanders, return. What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness is...