One of my favorite words in the English language is hope. I use this word often, without giving it much thought. I hope I’ll have time to play basketball on Tuesday. I…
I’ve been binge-thinking, about what it means to be broken. Not all personalities binge-think, but mine certainly does. Especially when key aspects of life seem to be operating completely outside my control.…
Last summer, I saw an unflattering photo of myself posted online that sent my self-esteem spiraling within seconds. So I did what any mature adult would do: I panicked and hit delete…
“Has anyone seen my keys?” “Why did I come upstairs?” “I thought you were picking up the kids!” Oops. These statements are but a mere sampling of what happens when my treacherous…
So what exactly is diabetes? How does it work? And what effects does it have on the body? Diabetes occurs when a person has high blood sugars for so long, that they…
Three days and three goals for a healthy new you! You’ll probably agree that getting started is the most difficult part of the change. Most of us have a long list of…
Every abuse victim has experienced secondary abuse at some point, often related to a warped philosophy of what it means to forgive. Secondary abuse comes from the people who could have made…
Have you ever had a major paradigm shift? Your entire life you held a certain belief or opinion, only to discover it wasn’t true? A paradigm shift occurs when the usual and…
In a recently published article in Nature magazine, researchers used smart phone data to track the activity of 717,527 people over the course of 68 million days in 111 countries. Some of their findings made…