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How It Got Better: My LGBTQ+ Journey from Shame to Pride

By Eleni Stephanides in Blog, love & relationships

2003 was when the “gay devil” (as I referred to him at the time) made his first appearance inside my unprepared thirteen-year-old mind. On a trip to Mexico that year, he sat perched on my shoulder while my family and I were out to lunch at an outdoor taqueria. The girl at the table next to us had tan skin and brown-blond hair, and wore sunglasses and a spaghetti-strap black tank top.

My “gay devil” noticed her and made sure I did too. As the words “She’s hot” crash-landed from his taunting lips into my unsuspecting mind, I flinched—then …

Apology Accepted, Access Denied

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Don’t Change

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

What Marriage Is and Isn’t

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

The Hidden Reasons You’re Stuck (And What to Do When Conventional Advice Fails)

By Kym Wilson in Blog, change & challenges

“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” ~M. Scott Peck

Have you ever been in a situation or a stage in your life where you’ve felt physically stuck, as if you’ve fallen into some kind of invisible quicksand that you can’t get out of?

Or maybe it’s felt more like you have a thick, invisible elastic …

Having Emotional Boundaries Doesn’t Mean…

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

How I Embraced Alcohol-Free Living: 4 Things That Made It Easier

By Sarah Williamson in Blog, change & challenges, healthy habits

“What is necessary to change a person is to change his awareness of himself.” ~Abraham Maslow

A few years ago I decided to take a break from alcohol, and I also decided I would probably be lonely, miserable, and boring for the duration of my break.

I’d allowed a lot of social conditioning to affect me, and I was sure people who didn’t drink either had no friends, had hit a drastic rock bottom, or had no fun. I didn’t know if I was going to find happiness or even contentment on the other side of my drinking career, …

Accept, Let Go, Have Faith

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Are You Outgrowing Your Family? 6 Effective Ways to Manage This

By Elyse Andrews in Blog, love & relationships

“You can’t force anyone to value, respect, understand, or support you, but you can choose to spend time around people who do.” ~Lori Deschene

I always felt somewhat different from my family growing up.

I didn’t have a terrible childhood—I was certainly loved, cared for, and looked after—but despite having two siblings, a mother, and a stepfather (who raised me), I seldom felt a sense of belonging and often times I felt very lonely.

Growing up I could never quite put my finger on what it was that was different, but I just knew that I was. I knew …

Darling, Don’t Give Up on Yourself

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Darling, Don’t Give Up on Yourself

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Be Prepared for Emotional Reactivity

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Choosing to Smile: When Life Is So Ridiculous You Can’t Help but Laugh

By Cori Skall in Blog, change & challenges, happiness & fun

“The body heals with play, the mind heals with laughter, and the spirit heals with joy.” ~Unknown

Today, I want to give thanks for two of the special God-given gifts I feel grateful to possess: my sense of humor and my sense of optimism.

Every time I’ve tripped and fallen or have been kicked down into the dirt during my life—when I’ve landed on my bottom, or my face, covered in muck, with bruises throbbing and scrapes stinging—I’ve always been able to crack a smile and let out a laugh.

In 2018, I found out that my husband of twelve

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A Lot of Our Explosive Emotional Reactions

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Releasing Fascia: A Simple Way to Reduce Tension, Pain, and Disease

By Véronique Boileau in Blog, change & challenges

“Take care of your body, it’s the only place you have to live.” ~Jim Rohn

I hear this happens to so many, but when it happens to you, it’s unsettling. I didn’t know what was going on with me, and I wasn’t getting any satisfying answers either.

Most days were good, and I felt fine and went about my regular routine wearing my many hats: mother of two young kids, human mom to three fur babies, a household-manager-of-all-the-things and full-time dental hygienist. And then out of the blue, it could hit me like a ton of bricks… the backache, neck …

If You Don’t Have All the Information

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

Build a Circle of Friends

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

She Did Not Need Much

By Lori Deschene in Fun & Inspiring

4 Things to Try When You Want Change but Don’t Know What to Do

By Patti Bryant in Blog, change & challenges

“If you get stuck, draw with a different pen. Change your tools; it may free your thinking.” ~Paul Arden

For a year and a half, I could feel a career shift coming. I had worked hard to cultivate a career I loved, but I began feeling disconnected from my work. The meaning I had originally felt from it was no longer there. Each time I started a new project, I felt tired and unmotivated.

At first, I thought it might be burnout. So I took a few weeks off to see if I could reset myself into feeling excited about …