By Christine Rodriguez “The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.” ~Eleanor Roosevelt For some of us, like me, the question, “What is my purpose?” creates a ton of anxiety and a feeling that our self-worth is being undermined. It’s hard…

By Audrey Meyer “You must love in such a way that the other person feels free.” ~Thich Nhat Hanh Conventional notions of what it means to love are populated with expectations for reciprocity, which often gets us into trouble. I know this personally, because whenever I have “freely” given my love and it has not been…

By Michelle D’Avella “Don’t hide from your feelings. Press into them. Learn from them. Grow from them.” ~Unknown There have been times in my life when you could look at my cell phone call log and see back-to-back conversations for hours. I am blessed to have a large support system of loving friends and family, and…

By Zachary Goodson “Our thoughts create our beliefs, meaning if you think about yourself a certain way for a long enough period of time you will ultimately believe it.” ~Anonymous You’re ugly. You’re stupid. You’re a loser. Imagine thinking this way about yourself every day. No exaggeration. That was me. When a girl didn’t want to…

By Vishnu “For a seed to achieve its greatest expression, it must come completely undone. The shell cracks, its insides come out and everything changes. To someone who doesn’t understand growth, it would look like complete destruction.” ~Cynthia Occelli There are no two ways about it. Heartbreak squeezes you as though you were an orange, crushes…

By Sheila Prakash “You, yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.” ~Buddha During the summer, my husband and I decided to take our lovely nieces and nephew out for a day-of-fun in the city. I expected a day filled with fun, laughter, and connection; I was in store for…

By Jess Stuart “To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight; and never stop fighting.” ~EE Cummings For many years I felt like a fish out of water, but I desperately wanted…

By Ann Davis “Solitude matters, and for some people, it’s the air they breathe.” ~Susan Cain Do you get ticked off too? I mean, when people say you’re awkward, naive, and anti-social. Your feelings get bruised, and then you find yourself drowning in a sea of unhappiness. All you want is to be normal. To be…

By Alexandra Heather Foss “The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” ~Anna Quindlen It should theoretically be simple but being authentic is not easy. It takes gumption to assert with courageous conviction “This is me!” and grace to accept what comes after. From…

By Osha Key “Universe is not outside of you. Look inside yourself; everything that you want, you are already that.” ~Rumi I remember when I was a kid, “thirty years old” sounded very old and mature. “Someone who is thirty clearly knows everything about life and has it all figured out.” That was my assumption. Life taught me…

By Eric Ibey “The broken hearted are the bravest among us—they dare to love.” ~Brené Brown, Rising Strong Are you finished grieving your breakup and want to get over your ex once and for all? Don’t get me wrong. Grieving is important. Actually, it’s imperative. But there is such thing as grieving for too long. When we get…

By Psychic Danielle Being a Reiki healer, I encounter people with all kinds of issues. The most common one is healing from a heart break! I have worked in Reiki healing for over 12 years and 85% of my clients come to me to heal from a pain that they can’t move on from. Reiki…

By Melissa Renzi “Sometimes I think I need a spare heart to feel all the things I feel.” ~Sanober Khan I felt her agony and loneliness as if it were my own. Even as I write that sentence, my eyes well up and heaviness fills my heart. Then, I’m reminded to apply the advice I give…

By Stacy Ison “If you can’t change the circumstances, change your perspective.” ~Unknown I was the one who was the designated driver in high school and college. I wanted to be in control of how I arrived and left a party. Besides, the taste of alcohol did not please, so it was a win-win situation in…

By: Advisor Adeena Soulmates, destined partners and kindred spirits are all terms that have been used to describe relationships that enter our Life path and change how we view relationships. But what is the difference between all of these connections Kindred Spirits Kindred spirits are individuals that run on the same spiritual level and give off the same…

By Kim Speer I will breathe. I will think of solutions, I will not let my worry control me. I will not let my stress level break me. I will simply breathe. And it will be okay. Because I don’t quit.” ~Shayne McClendon It was a Wednesday afternoon in late July, and I felt like my…

By M. J. Ross “Vulnerability is our most accurate measure of courage.” ~Brené Brown When we’re younger, we’re fearless. We don’t mind climbing trees, making friends with strangers, or telling our secrets to people we’ve just met. We open our eyes and hearts to new experiences and people, and we trust that everything is going to…

By Cam Taylor “Sitting silently beside a friend who is hurting may be the best gift we can give.” ~Unknown There’s a time for words and a time for silence. Thankfully, when I went through one of the darkest periods of my life, I had friends who knew what time it was. When things go well,…

By Vironika Tugaleva There is no magic cure, no making it all go away forever. There are only small steps upward; an easier day, an unexpected laugh, a mirror that doesn’t matter anymore.” ~Laurie Halse Anderson It began in elementary school. I was a chubby immigrant with a thick accent and hand-me-down clothes. I so badly…

By Kari Dahlgren “There isn’t enough room in your mind for both worry and faith. You must decide which one will live there.” ~Sir Robertson Do you consider yourself a worrier? Maybe even a perfectionist or Type A personality? When I’m not at my best, I can be all of those things combined. (Not cute, I know.)…