Living With Insecurity

Have you ever heard the saying that “someone, somewhere would die to be in your shoes right now”?  Everyone has issues that they have to overcome, no matter how confident and assured they may seem.  For Ian, despite his confidence in front of a crowd he had this insecurity that never seemed to go away. [...]

As long as I can remember, I’ve been looking for truth and love. Truth, because I’m gullible and I have been hurt as a result. Love, because I felt insecure and lonely. I figured that there must be someone I could trust to open myself up to who would not ridicule me. As I looked [...]

Instead of trading spaces, ABC’s hit reality TV show is about trading wives! Lydia Allison, an etiquette teacher from Starkville, Mississippi, swaps her family, of husband and three properly mannered and meticulously groomed children for Maureen Hagerty’s chaotic, environmentally unfriendly (they use paper plates for meals), uncontrollable family of a husband and three boys. In [...]

This is a story of a changed life, as told to Power to Change Ministries Preschool teacher, college instructor, mom and wannabe musician. For a long time I defined myself by the roles I played. I was determined to be the best wife and mother ever. But my insecurity was so great that my impact [...]

Summer is officially here. Finally you can pack away your jackets and get outside. Summer offers extras hours of daylight and with it the opportunity to spend even more time enjoying outdoor activities. For many, this means more time doing physical activities and playing sports. So, it’s important to remember the potential dangers that also [...]

Creativity can still be child’s play, even for grown-ups. Creativity is a mysterious force that visits us with great ideas, new ways of seeing the world and the courage to do things differently. Revitalizing your creative talents will help you in the most unexpectedly wonderful ways: a new business idea, a renewed commitment to self-care, [...]

You might feel like you’re alone in this, but you’re not. Free email mentoring is available today. Request a mentor.  So often I hear about how much men need sex, but my husband has no interest in sex. The only time we make love is when I initiate it. Is there something wrong with me? [...]

A powerful tool for health as we approach the new year can be to focus on giving and/or receiving only real apologies when we want to heal a rift with a family member, friend, or co-worker. We hear apologies all the time, but I don’t think many of them are sincere. An apology has to [...]

I am so jealous of my husband’s ex-wife. When they met, she was 27, he was 46. She was sexy in every way. I on the other hand have endured an abusive marriage for 18 years. I do not feel attractive. My husband and I are 52 and 50. His ex-wife is now 34. How [...]

It seemed that we had everything. But I knew there had to be more to life than what we were living. At home in India, I thought that my family’s life was not any different than that of a Hindu family. We went to church instead of going to Temple. When somebody died, we would [...]