Category: Lifestyle

If you’re anything like me, you know what it feels like to go through a personal transformation. Everyone has a period in life that they look back on and can pinpoint as a time of individual learning, loss, revival or Read More

Living closer to our food source has unexpectedly changed our family’s thoughts about food. The majority of our meat and produce come from our local farmers because they are closer than the grocery stores. However, that forces us to actually Read More

Many of the mothers we serve through the Live Your Dream Awards have kids with disabilities or disorders. Women like Shirlee Draper, Aziza Kibibi, Eri Isozumi and Xiu Man Hang know how that caring for a child with special presents a huge set of Read More

In today’s world, girls experience constant pressure to look and behave in specific ways. This pressure comes from peers, family, and most notably, the media and internet. The media portrays women to be a certain way and that being anything Read More

After weeks of preparation, two long interviews and painful hours of waiting for responses, this automated email arrived at the end of my workday a couple years ago on a Friday. The realization of diminished hopes surfaced that weekend. For Read More

One of the greatest pieces of wisdom I’ve ever received is to write things down. In my house I have a box of over a dozen notebooks—all journals that I’ve been keeping for years. When I’m struggling with something, writing Read More

Adding a narrative to past experiences is a powerful mindfulness practice that can help with issues currently manifesting in your life. Paying attention to your present struggles by identifying how they are preventing you from progressing is often where we Read More

My mother used to say, “You can always make time!” This was her go-to scold when I was too busy to accept a social invitation. I worked full-time, attended law school at night, and even had a part-time job in Read More