I just finished reading a fantastic book – Originals: How Nonconformists Move the World, by Adam Grant. Towards the end of the book, Grant describes an experiment that was conducted at Harvard Business School by professor Allison Brooks. She gave her students 2 minutes’ notice to perform a persuasive speech in front of a packed… Read More How to reframe fear
How good are you at rinsing your cottage cheese? An odd expression to be sure, but one that I’ve found myself thinking about more and more often lately.
I recently went to the theater to see Hacksaw Ridge with my husband. I should preface this article by saying that Hacksaw Ridge’s R rating is well-earned – gory, violent war scenes left me with my eyes closed for much of the movie. However, the movie also held an extraordinary message that I absolutely loved.
This month’s story of significance comes from Ntiusha (pronounced in-tee-yu-sha) Chumanya, a high-schooler in Zambia, Africa. He tells us about his love of drawing, his parents, life lessons, and how he altered his course to find a new path to his dreams. Read on for his full story! My name is Ntiusha Chumanya, and… Read More Ntiusha Chumanya: Keeping the dream when reality hits
There are a few things that this time of year always makes me think of. The flowers remind me of South Korea and the beautiful cherry blossoms that blanketed my city in the spring. The fresh strawberries make me nostalgic for the day trips we used to make to self-pick strawberries in my elementary and… Read More Resetting gratitude
The air is warming, the flowers are blooming, and the stores are filled with chocolate rabbits and marshmallow peeps. That can only mean one thing – spring is here! I’m so looking forward to shedding all those extra layers and enjoying the weather before the sweltering southern summer comes upon us.
At the conference I recently attended, one of the speakers, Dan Christofferson, spent a good bit of time telling us about a museum he visited with his family during their vacation to Washington DC. They decided to go to the Smithsonian Museum. Their first stop in the museum was the national portrait gallery.
Recently I went to The Maker’s Summit, a conference of creative entrepreneurs held in Greenville, SC. It was a wonderful weekend. For one thing, the conference organizers truly pampered us.
Self-love is hard, y’all. Even knowing that the lack of it may be hurting you and your efforts to lead a more fruitful and fulfilling life, once you get into that self-destructive pattern it’s a desperately hard one to get out of. Here are 6 tips to help you create healthy patterns and learn to… Read More 6 ways to love yourself better
I recently sent a text to my mother-in-law, thanking her for how well and unreservedly she has loved me since I joined her family. Her response was simple: “I’m so grateful that you accepted our love!” As I reflected on her words, I realized that this simple sentence has profound implications for our day-to-day lives… Read More 3 ways you might be blocking love in your life
