Mentoring is a chance to ask your questions in a safe and private place. All mentoring happens by email.  You send in your question, we match you with a mentor and the mentor writes back to you.  You are welcome to write to your mentor as long as you like. Looking for more information? Our FAQ [...]

Hello! We’d gladly pour you a cup of coffee if we could.  Until there’s an app for that, we’re here to talk. If you have questions, shoot.  We’re ready when you are.  Answers to some commonly asked questions are here. Use the form below to ask your question and one of our mentors (yes, a [...]

The Los Angeles Times reports on a phenomenon that is getting more popular: “Life coaches” If you want to plant a garden, cook what you grow, find a husband, be a better husband, get a baby to sleep, get along with a teenager, get that teenager into college, get a divorce or lose 20 pounds, [...]

Thank you for your submission. One of our mentors will respond, but please allow some time for a reply. If you want to stop by our chat rooms while you wait, you can find them here. You can also take one of the many free life lessons our other readers love. It will only take [...]

Millions of people around the world believe in something.  What about you? Do you think that God exists? Who is Jesus, really? Do you need religion to be a good person? These are all excellent questions and in the links below we’ll try to answer them.  If you have a specific question, come talk to [...]

Far more people in Canada used the Internet for “personal interactions” last year than those who didn’t. According to Statistics Canada, “Eighty per cent of Canadians age 16 and over used the Internet for personal reasons in 2009, up from 73 per cent two years earlier.” I was a bit surprised that only 80% used [...]

I was both surprised and deeply saddened by a video on CNN this morning that asked “Has Porn Hijacked Sexuality?” The video shows an interview between CNN anchor John Roberts and author and sociologist Gail Dines.  Dines is the author of the book Pornland which looks at the effect of pornography on people’s view sex [...]

It was almost 15 years ago that the Spice Girls implored us, “Tell me what you want, what you really, really want.” (Sorry for the earworm.)   The mystery of what they were actually singing has long been solved, (“really really really wanna zigazig ha” still makes no sense) but many of us are still trying [...]

Discussion questions from Soul Cravings Prequel Have you seen or read Soul Cravings Prequel? Maybe you haven’t. Regardless, there are many questions we have about life and the cravings of our soul. Have you asked any of these questions? 1. Is there room for dreams in a grown-up life? 2. Have you ever stopped caring [...]

People are generally encouraged, and expected, to be strong. Driven to succeed by cultural pressure (and even family pressure) the means to become a success is understood to become strong. And being strong sometimes leaves little room for needing help. According to stats from the Atlanta Journal Constitution, women cry approximately 5.3 per month, which [...]