We can choose to control emotions or let them control us. After all, it’s important to remember that you are the sum of your choices. For example, we’ve all heard how one bad move in the morning can create a snowball effect throughout our day. Say you stub your toe on...

The greatest life lessons learned in life have been through my dogs. Dogs are natural leaders, healers, and friends. Without words, judgment, or criticism, and instead with a simple look, they know exactly how to communicate the important things in life. Greatest of...

When you reinvent yourself, you’ll be amazed at how great you’ll feel. Many people fear change for many reasons. Essentially, to reinvent means we’re about to enter unknown territory. We let go of what is safe and predictable. Undoubtedly, we have no idea what waits...

Conflict, specifically, healthy conflict, provides an opportunity for growth. It can excite a new way of viewing the world and empower relationships. Why Healthy Conflict is Essential In the beginning of the coming-of-age novel, The Fiche Room, Emma Hill avoided...

Everywhere you look there’s an opportunity to learn and grow. An expanding mind is alive with possibility and searches for new ways to stretch. When you seek to learn and grow, you are refusing to get old and stale. And, that’s a beautiful and sexy thing. One of the...

To focus on pleasing others typically means you’ve placed what’s important to you on the back burner. This translates into the fact that it’s vital for you that others admire your work. You get more of a charge out of the reaction of others than of doing work that...