No matter your age, background, or personality, we all share one thing in common: we’re individuals on our unique pursuits of happiness. Regardless of how wise each of us may be, none of us can predict what happens tomorrow. Due to this uncertainty, many of us succumb to feelings of …
Book Review: Defining Decade
The Defining Decade is the book every twentysomething needs to read. Not only will it light a fire under your rear to set your adulthood up for success, but it will teach you how to do it. Based on decades of research as a psychologist specializing in young adult development, …
Meditation Transformed My Life
Six years ago, I read online that practicing breathing exercises could help reduce anxiety. I didn’t anticipate that some of my most profound personal moments would eventually arise from nurturing these moments of silence.
Love is Limitless
Sincerity. Empathy. Altruism. Forgiveness. Despite being titled as rare, these qualities aren’t so distant. Each of us has an infinite reservoir of compassion and healing within us, should we choose to open our hearts to it.
“Message” — Lyric Analysis
“Tearing up silence, killing time. Drinking our feelings on it, tasted like wine.”
DIY: Grapefruit Sugar Scrub
A man’s grapefruit got lost in my purchases at the grocery store, to which I was irked because I hate the taste of grapefruit. So I put the produce to good use and made a facial/body scrub out of it. Here’s how you can salvage your unwanted fruit into an …
Dear Fellow White Folks
Regardless of your stance on the national election, our world is rapidly transitioning into more a difficult, yet uncertain future. The ongoing unrest, violence, and hate are not just “going to get better with time.” We can’t erase the damage that is dangerously gaining momentum, or forget about previous decades …
Harnessing Anger Against Bigotry
Anger has always felt like a foreign emotion to me. With my gentle and forgiving personality, I found myself repelling from animosity. Buddhaghosa’s quote, “Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intention of throwing it at someone else; you are the one that gets burned,” …
