Do you ever feel like you just drift from one environment to the next, putting up the appropriate mask and ticking the boxes? Who are you anyway? Watch the video A person can live their entire life  defined by external circumstances or peer pressure. Who are you? Who do you want to be? Related: “My [...]

Exercise is important to our health and well being, but many find it difficult to to exercise regularly. How do you stay motivated to exercise?

There’s a line in a Colin Hay song that says, “I’m waiting for my real life to begin.” Have you ever felt that way? Sometimes we get so good at being who we’re supposed to be, being the person someone else thinks we are, that we lose sight of ourselves altogether. What do you do [...]

“I knew I had to do something to get my son up off the streets.” Karen came to this decision after she spent years working the streets. She had turned to prostitution and drugs after growing up without the love of her parents. But she took big steps to break that cycle. How can you [...]

Complete this sentence: “If only I had _______________, then I would be happy”. For many, this “If-Then” activity would be a life-long feat; there would be an inexhaustible list of things and achievements to acquire in order to reach lasting bliss. Patrick can certainly relate. He spent his life craving for happiness – in the [...]

When a delivery man shows up at her door with a package for Evelyn Cho, Sarah sees an opportunity. Could this mistake be the start of something good? Armed with a credit card and an internet connection Sarah decides that not being Evelyn Cho might be just the life she’s been looking for. But how [...]

It’s not hard to understand why a woman would want to be beautiful, but what continues to amaze me is that there is no set standard for what “beautiful” looks like. My friend Sarah was in China last year and saw rows of bleaching creams in the make-up aisles.  When she asked what they were [...]

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If someone teases you and you are hurt by it who is at fault? Is it your fault for “not being able to laugh at yourself” or for “always taking things too seriously”? Or is it the fault of the teaser? Have they tried to be funny and only succeeded in being mean.  Is saying [...]

Written by Rusty Wright George Washington, call your agent. America needs your “I cannot tell a lie” message. A national lecture circuit slot just became available. A popular dean at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has resigned after admitting resume padding and living a 28-year lie. Ouch. Her sad story is filled with irony–lots of [...]