Why Most New Years Resolutions Fail
The Real Reason Most New Years Resolutions Fail. The end of 2015 is upon us, and with it brings the promise of a new year. January brings a time …
The Most Meaningful Gift you can give Yourself
There’s just one more day until Christmas. Most women have completed their holiday shopping, and most men are about to begin. The usual gift list stressing has begun: hoping …
Siri and the Necessity of Self Honesty
My sweet mother in law recently gave us an atlas that she suggested we keep in the car. We thanked her but inwardly giggled, smugly thinking it wouldn’t see much use since both of us have smartphones with GPS and Siri there to guide us without any effort.
Velvet Shirts, Pacifiers, and Crutches
Learning to live un-tethered to guilt. When I was in the 7th grade, I saw a shirt in the mall that I knew I had to have. It was …
No Problem, Mon
Stepping on to Jamaican soil is exactly like you’d picture it: warm balmy air, blue skies, soft gray sand that leads into the clear, blue-green water, the faintest hint of jerk spices on the air and of course, the familiar lilt of reggae music that seems to whisper through the trees.
How to Choose the Right Rehab for You
With nearly 15,000 rehabs in the United States how do you choose the right one for you? Horses, meditation, painting, and roughing it in the wilderness…drug rehab programs offer …
The Sun is Always Shining Somewhere
You are the creator of your emotional weather even when clouds obscure the view the sun is always shining through. Flying from California east, from a window seat, one can check …
Why initiate Drug Prevention Discussions in your State?
3 Reasons why the President Chose West Virginia: President Obama paid a visit to West Virginia to discuss addiction prevention. The people of West Virginia have suffered from prescription …
The Secrets of Forgiveness
The health benefits of forgiveness and how to enjoy them whenever you need. It’s common knowledge that there are some major health benefits to forgiveness. Studies show that …
Why We Always Want To Be Somewhere Else
Contentment can be found even in imperfect situations. It can, in a word, give you back the two-thirds of your life that you would have otherwise sacrificed for the idea of something better, something which will always be just out of reach.