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How to Be Grateful in Hard Times

When I was diagnosed with cancer 11 years ago, I felt shocked, overwhelmed, terrified, sad, and a little…

How to Be ‘Body Normative’

In this space, I write every week about authentic positivity, positive thinking and the evidence-based reasons why having…

How to Balance Your Life: Keep the Sabbath

How many times a day do you catch yourself stumbling over the “B” word? (No, not that one.)…

How Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Overcame Her Fear with Faith

See me poised in the starting blocks of the 400-meter hurdles, and you might think I have nerves…

How She Learned to Stop People Pleasing

I was dropping off my three-year-old son at preschool. Another mom, Jessica, stopped to chat. “Tomorrow is the…

How Positive Emotions Can Change Your Life

I tend to shy away from describing emotions in “black or white,” “good or bad” language. Living an…

How One Act of Generosity Can Change the World

Where I live in New England, fall leaves are an eagerly-anticipated annual delight. The changes start up north…

How Music Offers a Positive Surge of Inspiration and Creativity

“Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music,” wrote Mary Ann Evans, who…

How Martin Luther King, Jr., Found Redemptive Love Out of Anger

In 1957, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote a monthly advice column in Ebony magazine. One…

How Keeping a Gratitude Journal Can Make a Difference in Your Life

Some Bible verses are so clear it’s hard to ignore them. Like Paul’s admonishment: “Give thanks in all…

How Jesus Became One Man’s Best Friend

I was just on faculty for the Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference. Sweet conferee Dee Dee Parker…

How I Found Forgiveness After Dale Earnhardt’s Death

I knew it was there. And for nine long years, I tried not to think about it: a…

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