One of the first questions you get asked when meeting someone new is “what do you like to do?” And if you are at all like me then at one point or another you have probably thought “Well, with what little free time I have, I enjoy sleeping. But I don’t think that’s the...
Meditation is a word that can carry a lot of weight, a lot of presuppositions, and a lot of misunderstanding. What is meditation? Some people see it as a useful tool, and some see it as a dangerous practice that can open the practitioner up to spiritual attacks of one...
Failure seems like one of the hardest things to deal with in life. When it comes, we end up feeling things like disappointment, embarrassment, vulnerability, discouragement, and shame. I recently experienced a failure in my life. I didn’t meet the agreed upon...
There are times in our lives where it is inevitable to avoid any kind of change. For example, going away to college, starting a new career, or entering into adulthood. All of these moments come with changes that can feel really big and scary. It is easy to fall out of...
It is a challenge to learn the art of setting boundaries. It comes with feelings of discomfort, upsetting people, but most importantly it betters your mental health. There are many areas of life that setting boundaries can be very beneficial when it comes to...
It’s that time of year again in the American South – the weather is changing, and by that, I mean on a daily, and sometimes hourly, basis. You wake up in the morning in need of a winter coat, by lunchtime you’re in shorts and a t-shirt, and in the evening, you’ll...