Posts filed under: Life

How to Tell If You’re Content or Complacent

Let’s think for a moment about the last time each of us experienced pure contentment in our lives. Chances are, scenes from our respective “highlight reels” are materializing: laughing with...

How to Cultivate Inner Beauty in Seasons of Monotony

When we look back at our lives, it’s often astonishing to see how much things change over time. Even when our schedules and situations seem the same from week to...

10 Unexpected Ways to Stay Healthy This Summer

We often think of health in terms of diet and exercise, but there is so much more that goes into our well-being than what we eat and how we treat...

How Imperfect People Can Do Great Things

Whether we wish we could serve the poor and alleviate suffering like Mother Teresa or pioneer critical scientific research like Marie Curie, we all dream of doing beautiful, world-changing things...

25 Journal Prompts For Self-Reflection

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. William Wordsworth Journaling can be an incredible means to catalog our thoughts and provide a better understanding of ourselves. When we...

Why We Should Look Forward to Getting Older

As women, one of our greatest collective fears seems to be the fear of growing older. I mean, be honest: When was the last time someone you know actually looked forward to...

On Telling Our Inner Critic To Quit It

As much as we all want to be confident, self-assured women, there’s a nagging little voice inside our head that tries to tell us we can’t be — that we’re inadequate, we’re...

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...

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...

Welcoming a Season of Change

There is a time and a place for all things, and nowhere is this clearer than in the changing of the seasons. The earth’s seasons are natural, designated times of...