I was taking my daily morning walk a few days ago. I was doing something quite out of character as I walked - rather than looking up and...

Have you ever stopped to think how much power your words pack? Words are the most potent weapons available to human beings. An individual...

What does it mean to be you? Other people may have the same eye colour, height and weight, and even the same name. If you search for...

Bronnie Ware, a palliative home-care nurse in Australia works with patients who are nearing the end of their lives. In her book, The 5...

Anger is a highly misunderstood emotion. Anger can be a frightening phenomenon, both for the individual experiencing it and those toward...

WHAT IS SELF-ESTEEM? Self-esteem is an overall evaluation of one's worth or value. It is also referred to as self-worth, self-respect,...

Judgment is the opposite of love. You cannot love someone when you are busy judging them. In her book, Judgment Detox, Gabrielle...

My mother-in-law was a shining example of efficiency and organization. I wondered how her kitchen counter was always cleared, her house...

“The soul which has no fixed purpose in life is lost; to be everywhere, is to be nowhere.” – Michel de Montaigne It has been estimated...

All of us want to be happy, whether we admit it or not. Yet few of us have any idea of how to go about achieving this goal. In this blog...

This post is a follow-up to my previous one on Becoming Your Own Best Friend. Maya Angelou said it so well: "...if you live, you will...

Why is it so much easier to be kind to other people while at times we treat ourselves as our worst enemy? Why do we treat ourselves with...

I was thrilled to find Michelle Obama's new book; The Light We Carry: Overcoming in Uncertain Times at the local library. There was no...

On May 3, 1980, Cari Lightner, a 13-year-old girl, was killed by a drunken hit-and-run driver in Fair Oaks, California. The 46-year-old...

Glennon Doyle is the author of Untamed, the book that became a rousing bestseller in 2020. She is the co-host of a podcast called We Can...

WHAT IS STRESS? Stress is a highly subjective phenomenon. Take for example the riders on The Bat roller coaster at Canada’s Wonderland....

“Boundaries are the distance at which I can love you and me simultaneously.” ― Prentis Hemphill. I love this tongue in cheek definition...

What do you feel when you look at yourself in the mirror? Is it a feeling of satisfaction and acceptance? Or is it a feeling of judgment...

A hostage is someone who is being held captive against their will. What a shock it is to discover that we often are held as a prisoner,...

Almost any self help book you read will have a chapter or section about the importance of gratitude. "Be thankful for what you have:...