I Awoke With Purpose Renewed
Amelia Phoenix Desertsong shares her powerful and inspiring story of finding renewed purpose after a long and difficult journey.
What Really is Self-Love?
Self-Love is a term thrown around a lot nowadays. It’s a difficult term to unpack, as it encompasses other terms such as self-confidence, self-esteem, and self-respect. Because it’s such a loaded term, I’m not sure that people always use it correctly. It’s said that you must love yourself before you can truly love another person. […]
Echoes of a Transformed Life
A Personal Chronicle Through Music, Love, and Web Portals This entry comes from the 41st entry of my effort to write at least 1,000 words a day consecutively. I call it the #1KPerDay challenge, and if that hashtag is already taken, oh well. My wife told me I should post this. Having edited it quite […]
Self-Awareness Breeds Critical Thinking
For over thirty years, I pondered the complexities of life, wandering through the arid desert of uncertainty. All around me, people were flailing around frantically, like a mad flock of starlings. Even as I told myself that I didn’t know what the hell I was doing either, one day a profound realization finally struck me. […]
Was Benjamin Franklin’s Autobiography Also a Self-Help Book?
Benjamin Franklin is one of the most pivotal figures in American history. He’s considered one of America’s “founding fathers,” as he made numerous contributions to early American society. In the 21st century, he’s most famous for being on the American one-hundred dollar bill. Still, many folks in this century have used Franklin’s life as a […]
You Gain the Most By Not Being Stupid
There will always be somebody smarter than you, but that doesn’t give you an excuse to be stupid.