Embracing Contentment: Understanding the Opposite of Ambition
In a world that often celebrates ambition as a driving force behind success and achievement, it’s important to explore the flip side of the coin. While ambition is often associated with positive...
View ArticleUnpacking the Beehive: A Curiosity-Driven Journey into Stoicism
You know that exhilarating feeling when the puzzle pieces of life suddenly click together, revealing a beautiful tapestry of interconnectedness? Well, that’s precisely what happened to me recently...
View ArticleEmbracing Change: The Art of “Quiet Quitting”
In the domain of career and workplace dynamics, a new phenomenon has quietly emerged, capturing the attention of employees and employers alike – “quiet quitting.” It’s a term that encapsulates a...
View ArticleNavigating Quiet Firing: Strategies for Employees
A few weeks ago, I wrote about “Quiet Quitting,” a situation in which an employee feels that the best option is to pull back on work availability. However, in the dynamic realm of the workplace,...
View ArticleCrossing Time and Space: How Family Traditions and Stories Build Resilience...
Meet Emily, a college sophomore who can’t make it home for Christmas. While she’s thriving academically and socially, this holiday season leaves her feeling homesick. But a care package from her...
View ArticleThe Irony of Escape: Meeting Your Destiny on the Road You Take to Avoid It
In the intricate tapestry of life, a paradox often unfolds: individuals sometimes meet their destiny on the very paths they take to avoid it. This concept, both intriguing and bittersweet, underscores...
View ArticleThe Violent Calm of Nature
I spend time “in nature” as often as I can. I haven’t been camping in a long time, but we still hike, fish, hunt, swim, and laze by the river whenever opportunity presents itself. I treasure the...
View ArticleWork/Life Balance: From 20th Century Norms to Digital Age Challenges
When we start thinking of work/life balance, we can express it as the division of our time and focus between our working activities and the things we do in our personal life. Maintaining a separation...
View ArticleSeeing Others as God Sees Them
To get into a discussion of seeing other people as God sees them, we first have to talk about perception. Without giving a pedantic definition, perception is the process of interpreting information...
View ArticleEvery Day is an Opportunity to Reinvent Yourself
Have you ever reached a point at which you just wanted a different life? Sometimes we find ourselves at the end of our emotional rope, and there aren’t “tweaks” big or bold or strong enough fix...
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