As adults, it’s easy to lose touch with the value of the things we do just for enjoyment. There are shelves full of self-help books about how to monetize our hobbies and passions, but remember: engaging in an activity just for the love of doing it has incredible value of its own. There’s a misguided notion […]
Start Practicing Mind Management
Everything you say and do starts as a thought. Often our worst habits start as negative thought patterns. Mismanaging your brain can lead to chronic mismanagement in every area of your life. Your brain is constantly changing—a phenomenon known as neuroplasticity. Whether that change is for the better or for the worse is a choice […]
Free Yourself through Fasting
A few extra hours without food isn’t going to hurt you. In fact, it might just improve your life. Intermittent fasting isn’t about self-denial, like a diet for weight loss. It’s more about changing your eating habits to feel calmer and more in control. When your body gets a break from digestion, your cells have […]
Learn Anything in 5 Easy Steps
Everyone has what it takes to push past their limitations and learn something new. You just need to have a plan. These five steps have been designed to help you teach yourself any about any topic. Step 1: Learn more. Choose five books on your chosen subject. Start with a book that’s approachable and popular, then […]
The Predator Inside
We each contain multitudes. Delving deep into the magic of old stories, Clarissa Pinkola Estés taps into the eternal wisdom of global fairy tales. She examines world literature and oral traditions in her bestselling book exploring feminine archetypes. “Wild women,” as Estés calls the characters from these stories, are a lot like wolves—instinctive, passionate, and filled with ageless […]
The War on Satan
Do the thoughts you’re thinking truly belong to you? Are you sure? In Battlefield of the Mind, Christian author Joyce Meyer writes that each of our minds is a battleground for the epic forces of good and evil. Satan can take control of our thoughts in a slow, imperceptible manner. But we can wrest back control, […]
Harness the Power of Your Inner Voice
Within your brain, there’s a running dialogue—your inner voice—that helps you make sense of your experiences. Paying attention to it can be a life-changing experience. That inner voice is an important advisor, perhaps the most influential voice in your life. But its influence often flies under the radar. A negative inner voice can be extremely […]
Learning to Live Again
She had her whole life ahead of her. Until she didn’t. Suleika Jaouad was living in Paris when she started to feel ill. The early symptoms were innocent enough: itchy legs and exhaustion. But they began to escalate, and her doctors advised her to fly back to the U.S. for care. At home, she finally got […]
How Elon Musk Built SpaceX
In 2002, Elon Musk founded SpaceX with $100 million of his own money. Musk had a very ambitious goal for the first privately funded rocket company in the world: to send humankind to Mars. Musk wanted to hire people who were as passionate as he was. They worked hard, but they also got along well, […]
Why Is Parenting So Tough?
Being a parent can feel impossible sometimes. But it hasn’t always been this way. Some Western parenting methods date back only about a hundred years; others go back just a few decades. The concept of the nuclear family, for instance, is relatively new. Until recently, people around the world shared the burdens of raising children. Now, most parents of […]