Do you ever feel skeptical that prayer works? Do you wonder whether your prayers are getting through (when you actually remember to pray)? I want to give you a very cool perspective on the efficacy of prayer, from an unexpected place: science! Effectual Fervent Prayers… READ MORE
9 Books That Could Change Your Life (They Did Mine)
When I began my makeover from Debbie Downer to Mary Poppins hopeful (go big or go home, right?), these were the books that helped me change my perspective. If you’re looking to improve your own outlook, I’ll tell you why each one has been meaningful… READ MORE
Try This Anti-Strategy to Beat a Slump
It’s winter, and everyone close to me (including my best faraway friends) is feeling sort of stuck. The feeling of “stuck-ness” hit me around Thanksgiving, and I’m still in the thick of it. So much so, in fact, that it took me a while to… READ MORE
How Forgiveness Is Like Time Travel
Holding on to resentment about another person is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to experience it instead. Or so says the adage attributed to Nelson Mandela, Buddha, Dr. Wayne Dyer, or Alcoholics Anonymous. But sometimes the alternative, forgiveness, is almost an alien… READ MORE
Improve Your Vagal Tone Via Singing
Why do so many singers talk about music getting them through hard times? Having an outlet for those difficult feelings is certainly part of it, but perhaps there’s another kind of tone at work in the healing process – vagal tone. The Vagus Nerve Its… READ MORE
Why a Simple Prayer Is Sometimes the Best Kind
I’m going to be uncomfortably honest here. Prayer is not something which comes easily to me. It never really has. Perhaps you can relate, and I am here to encourage you that there’s nothing wrong with that. The Struggle with Prayer Is Real I get stuck… READ MORE