What We Should All Be Doing This Memorial Day

Resting is important. It’s important for your mind, your body, and your heart. When one rests, one can recharge and refocus. One can dream. One can tap into their creative spirit and into their consciousness. One can be at one with one’s self, with one’s own divinity, and with one’s ow...

Deliberate Rest: Why the Secret to Success Is Taking a Break

So work and rest aren’t opposites like black and white or good and evil; they’re more like different points on life’s wave. You can’t have a crest without a trough. You can’t have the highs without the lows. Neither can exist without the other.  When you examine the lives o...

How to Remember the Fallen This Memorial Day

Memorial Day is many things to many people. For most American citizens, it is a welcome reprieve from a Monday of work. For a small sliver of Americans, it is a solemn reminder of the ultimate sacrifice made by men and women throughout generations to keep our nation safe. As we approach this M...

Reflections on a Whirlwind Week

Six Ways to Find Joy in Troubling Times

We need to do what we can to help. But we are not all super heroes. A friend said to me the other day, I can’t find any joy this year. The world is just too mad. Humans are too stupid. I agreed that it’s hard and that the news is tragic. But people suffering far more than most of us...

Tom Brokaw’s Tips for Maintaining Perspective in Today’s 24/7 News Cycle

Over the last 50 years, Tom Brokaw‘s voice is one that has guided us through many of our nation’s most important moments. He was kind enough to share a few tips this week on how he believes we can maintain perspective in the midst of the fast-paced, constantly evolving news cycle that...

MARIA TESTIFIES BEFORE SENATE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON AGING

Maria Shriver testified on Alzheimer’s disease before the United States Senate Special Committee on Aging on Wednesday, March 29. As the founder of The Women’s Alzheimer’s Movement, Shriver urged the senators to support more federal funding for Alzheimer’s research and protect funding of...