Can you remember when you first learned to read? When all of a sudden a whole new world opened up, and you were able to delve into adventures and mysteries unavailable before? For me, it was the difference between feeling trapped in a small village in the Black...
Life is messy. No matter how hard we try to stay balanced, disrupting events are part of our daily lives and often difficult to avoid: someone cuts you off in traffic, you are late for an appointment, you get a nasty phone call, or you watch the news. It...
Words have power. They impact the quality of our friendships, our ability to succeed, and our happiness. Often, we are unaware of how words influence our lives. Have you ever noticed how some people bring you alive during a conversation, while others leave you...
The One Thing I Don’t Like About My Job … If there’s one thing that I don’t like about my job, it’s this: out of 10 people I work with, only two or three take the steps that are necessary to bring about the change they want to see...
As a kid, did you spend hours in the ocean never once feeling cold or thinking that you should get out of the water? Or, did you roam the fields and streams in your neighborhood until it got dark; only to be surprised by how much time had passed? For kids, life is an...
19 Years Ago I Did Something Brave. I packed up my Berlin apartment, sold my furniture, bought three suitcases, three airline tickets – and, on New Year’s Eve, I boarded a plane to Hawaii with my two little children. I was following my dream. It was...
