What’s Better – Loving Yourself or Loving Others?
Have you ever had someone tell you: “You can’t love anyone until you learn to love yourself”? And did you want to strangle the person who told you that? Though that wouldn’t be very loving, would it? Yes, it’s true that if we don’t...
Why Affirmations Are a Trick. And Why It’s Okay to Be Fooled.
Have you ever affirmed something? Maybe you employed the technique of visualization. Maybe you stood in front of a mirror and recited affirmations. Maybe you cut out a bunch of pictures and put them on a vision board. Or maybe you just focused your mind on a...
What a Mormon Woman Taught Me About Truth and Clothing
How do you respond when someone tells you how to dress? Like most people, I’m resistant to the idea. It reminds me of being five years old and being told to dress up for a party. Or being in seventh grade and having to wear the dreaded gym uniform. (Mine was a...
Why Numbers Suck. And What You Can Do About It.
How do you feel about numbers? Do they scare you? Does the phrase “Solve for X” make your skin crawl and your toes sweat? Or are you a geek who embraces the numerical world with all the enthusiasm of a child on Christmas morning? Oh boy! Pythagorean...
Why Marriage Matters
Are you one of those kids who dreamed about your wedding day? Or were you more into playing kickball and eating ice cream, unencumbered by such trivial fantasies? Throughout my childhood, I was solidly in the second camp. I never once had images of myself in a fancy...