The Coolest Job I Never Had
Curious? Join me on the Front Porch over at Jane Be Nimble for a totally random story about my coolest job ever. What was your coolest job? Don’t forget to share it in the comments so we can do some good, old fashioned story swapping. Thanks!! (Photo Credit)

Inspiration from Pema Chodron: Everyone and Everything
* “Learning how to be kind to ourselves, learning how to respect ourselves, is important. The reason it’s important is that, fundamentally, when we look into our own hearts and begin to discover what is confused and what is brilliant, what is bitter and what is sweet, it isn’t just ourselves that we’re discovering. We’re discovering the universe.” * Have you learned how to be kind to yourself…

Mental Illness: The Sun Also Rises… Barely
Something strange has been happening lately; the sun is falling out of the sky! Or at least, it feels that way to me. I don’t mean that metaphorically, like: I’m depressed and so the world is in perpetual darkness. I mean, it feels like the sun has lost its will to live. Let me frame this for you, so you can understand where I’m coming from: As many of you know, I grew up in Costa Rica, and that meant s

The Tripod of Balance: Health, Wealth, and Relationships
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Inspiration from Marcel Murrell (1916 – 2009)
“Be kind today. Drop a letter, a note, a DM, a comment, a tweet to someone just because.” (Marcel Murrell) * I borrowed this image of Marcel from Tammy, who first introduced me to him on facebook a few months ago. His beautiful soul has touched so many lives, especially mine, in