March 20 is the first day of Spring 2022, marking a time of year when plants are displaying new growth after the dormancy of winter. When animals are coming out of their winter hibernation to mate and reproduce. When we are invited to refresh and rejuvenate. …

Who is the rock in your life? The person who forms the foundation for who you are and what you can become? March 8, 2022 is International Women’s Day — a day to remind us of the women who’ve modeled for us how to become the best versions of ourselves…

I have grandchildren who’ll likely be on the planet long after I’m gone. Frankly, their future frightens me. We live in a world filled with overwhelming poverty, growing income disparity, increasing hatred and violence, and both human and environmental abuse. History tells us that neither totalitarian control nor our capitalistic…

You’ve heard the advice: Let go of regrets; strive to live regret-free lives. My guest on this week’s YouTube show, Jennifer O’Brien, author of The Hospice Doctor’s Widow: A Journal has a lot to say about this. Jennifer’s husband Bob was diagnosed with stage IV metastatic cancer. She traces their…

“We all lie like hell,” says Dr. Brad Blanton in his book Radical Honesty. “It wears us out…it is the major source of all human stress. It kills us.” July 7 was Tell the Truth Day, an unofficial holiday that encourages us to be honest, even if it’s inconvenient. …

“My firm belief is that we all want to be heard and understood.” — I like to say I write because I need to get the words out of my head. For about 90% of what I write, that’s the truth. However, the other 10% of what I write is, as Marlena puts it, to be heard and understood. Aiding people to understand something…

In honor of Forgiveness Day, which is observed on June 26 this year, my YouTube show this week is about my journey of forgiveness with my father and his Mennonite clan. My father and I hurt one another. Deeply. He was an angry disciplinarian. I was a horribly rebellious child…

My YouTube show this week features Kim Colegrove. In 2014, Kim lost her husband David, a former police officer, to suicide. She created Pause First: Mindfulness for First Responders to honor her husband’s memory, and to help other first responders cope with stress and trauma. The stress of police officers…

But Wait…Who’s My Family? May 15 is the International Day of Families, which is celebrated around the world. The Universal Peace Federation joins in observing this day because it holds that sustainable global peace is grounded in the family as the core unit of society. It considers the cohesion and stability of the family…