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Are You Blind to Your Stressful Lifestyle?

When your schedule is jam-packed with commitments, your work load gets piled higher and higher, and your family life is enormously demand...

7 Healthy Alternatives to Black Friday Shopping

Black Friday is a dying tradition. More and more Americans are owning up to the hypocrisy of participating in materialistic greed just o...

Caring for the Caregiver

Do you ever feel like you have so much on your plate and are taking care of everyone and everything, except for yourself and your needs? ...

This Is Not About Mr. Potato Head; This Is About Racism

It’s 2017 and white supremacists are marching with torches. There are people defending their right to fly the confederate flag. There a...

Dear College Students...

I'm sure you've heard that college is filled with new adventures and an amazing sense of independence. It's an opportunity to mix with d...

The Age of Anxiety

Welcome to the age of anxiety. It is everywhere. Turn on the TV and you hear about it. Open social media and you will see it. Go to a sch...

Losing A Friend

I'm going to talk about friendships in this. We all have them, and we've a probably lost a couple in our lives. I hear about breakups all...

The Power of Introverts

When one thinks of introverts, power isn’t normally the first thought that comes to mind. Words like wall flower, quiet, and shy are more...

Let's Disconnect

I went to a concert a couple weeks ago, and there were some things that really stuck out to me. During the course of one song, the guy in...

Brutally Honest Career Counseling

I once overheard a conversation between a little girl and a very unhappy educator. It went something like this: "Did you always want to w...

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