15 Life-Changing Lessons to Learn from St. Clare of Assisi
St. Claire Basilica, Assisi, Italy
Clare of Assisi, the daughter of a count, was only 18 years old when she decided to give up...
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: What It Actually Means (And How to Practice It)
Self-love is one of the most used and least defined terms in popular psychology. The instruction to “love yourself” appears on mugs, in therapy...
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...
