Falling Up, Part 1: The Gift of Forgiveness

By Dana Liesegang with Natasha Stoynoff A few days before Christmas 2012, I decided that I’d give the gift of forgiveness to another man who’d hurt me: Bruce. I Googled his name like I’d done before to try to find…

Laugh, Cry, Feel and, Most Importantly, Heal

by Tasha Champion My smile is the most authentic it has ever been. The journey to get here wasn’t easy but well worth it. My name is Tasha Champion, I am a Certified Master Life Coach, and here is my…

Navigate Your Ship

By Lotus Josiah Seng How to listen to the signals from your body and then follow them to find true happiness in your life and career. Once upon a time, I was reflecting upon my journey as a career executive…

When Life Hands You a Hurricane

What stood out the most about our journey was the compassion being shared between everyone we encountered. At a gas station off the highway in Georgia, a woman and her family and friends were offering home-cooked food and water to evacuees (see photo).

7 Abiding Tenets to Follow Your Dreams

by Carleen Moscati I was fortunate enough to grow up in a home where I witnessed first-hand that even the most impossible of dreams are attainable. Of course I didn’t realize it at the time, but when it mattered it…

Don’t Change Who You Are Find Where You Fit

By Jessamine Gibb In self-development and business circles there has been a lot of discussion around how to become a more “positive” person, how to have more extroverted behavior styles, how to be more motivated, what to do about employees…

A Climb to the Top

By Lonny Reardon As a kid in Newfoundland, Canada, I grew up through some very hard times. My dad was an alcoholic, we were poor, and I saw many terrible things that a child should never see. As a result,…

If I Can Do It, You Can Too! From suicidal to successful and self-empowered.

By Jessamine Gibb My childhood broke my confidence and my spirit down. My mother was a troubled and stressed single parent who was emotionally unavailable. Teachers often were more concerned with finding out what was “wrong” with me than with…

Tips for the Empath

By Alison Olkowski Ever since I can remember I’ve been classified as “sensitive.” I have a sensitive heart and a sensitive mind. I am a feeler. As a small child, I would suddenly be invaded by some foreign emotion. Although…

How to Start Making Better Choices

By Carleen Moscati Did you know that you are in charge of your own destiny, as well as what you think and decide?  From this perspective, life is essentially what you make it. As humans, we are granted this highly…