By Natalie Rivera Knowing what your goals are can be more challenging than you may think. Perhaps this is why so many people don’t set them. You may have heard that most people don’t keep their New Year’s resolutions, but…
In the Blink of an Eye
By Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. While leaving for vacation I have often stated to myself and others that I really want to take everything in because I know that I will blink and find that the whole experience is over.…
Allowing Your Success with the Fire of Authenticity
By Terez Hartmann Contrast as the Catalyst It was summer 2015, and all was quiet on the Western Front, but in my case, far too quiet… Anyone who has ever met me knows that this Firewoman really loves being out…
Ignite Your Path
By Natalie Rivera The Ride of Your Life You’re going on a road trip at night, and the headlights only show 200 feet ahead. As you go toward your destination, you don’t have to see the whole way. In fact,…
Embracing Change
By Sarah Sparks Sometimes we think we know best. Sometimes we exist in this world pretending to be someone we are not. Sometimes what we think we know is holding us back from becoming who we were meant to…
How to Be More Optimistic
By Rebecca A. Watson If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity, is there any need to choose between them?”—Francis Parker Yockey On one of my husband’s and my first camping trips together, we were walking down a…
Do You Have Unwavering Faith?
By Joeel A. Rivera, M.Ed. Many years ago there was a young man who had a dream—a dream bigger than anything that he had ever imagined before. You see, at one point in his childhood this man was homeless, living…
The Art of Practicing Self Love While Loving Others
By Natalie Rivera In the event there is a drop in cabin air pressure, put the oxygen mask on yourself first… The Mask While there is great wisdom in the above statement, we rarely follow it, regardless of whom we…
WEEDS: Tending the Garden of Life
By Natalie Rivera We are all gardeners; each cultivating our harvests and reaping the rewards, or punishments, of our labor. Some create lives filled with luscious foliage, while others grow carefully groomed beds. Some sculpt manicured hedges and others range…
Shed Your Shell and Embrace Change
By Natalie Amsden Sometimes insight comes from the strangest places, often Earth’s most simple creatures. I was sitting on the dock watching the light reflect on the water and listening to the egrets calling in the mangroves. I was on…
