Why this new social media thing is deeply concerning (and no, it’s not because of the dead dogs) — Imagine, for a moment, that you’re in the hospital, sitting by the bedside of someone you love deeply who is dying. Think of someone with whom you feel quite close and who you love very much. Maybe this is your mom or dad. It could be a brother or sister…

Because life will throw you curveballs. Thus, resilience will help you get through it intact and better for it — Life contains a lot of thrill, beauty, joy, awe-inspiring moments, and great experiences if you’re open to and choose to see them. Life often includes beautiful, life-changing relationships with others (romantic, friendship, family, colleague, etc, as well as with non-human animals too). …

We tend to ignore this major thing when thinking about health, to our detriment — When thinking about health, people tend to focus on nutrition, exercise, and getting enough sleep. These are crucial components of health and will make a huge difference in terms of keeping you able-bodied, and most likely to remain free of disease. There is one other major aspect of health, though…

Each of these was life-changing in some way and thus, I highly recommend all of them — By mere virtue of the fact that I have a blog devoted to books makes it obvious how strongly I feel about reading. I firmly believe that reading books makes for a richer, more bomb diggity life (and I’m not talking richer in a monetary sense). In fact, I would…

If only we were more open to the wisdom of others, life in America could be much happier — here’s how — #1- Gun control In the last year, more than 40,000 people died from guns. This is the same number of people who died in traffic accidents. There are currently over 390 million guns throughout America owned by citizens. This is more than one gun for every man, woman, and child in the U.S. …

This goes for romances, friendship, and family relationships — Imagine you’ve been hanging out with a new prospective friend or potential romantic partner, and you notice that over several instances of spending time together, you know a lot about this person. The details of their past relationships, their trauma(s), their pet peeves, their life dreams, the drama with their…

Without this, your connections with others may end up making you worse off than better — You will meet and interact with a lot of people throughout your life. Hundreds in fact. From day-to-day acquaintance interactions, colleagues, potential friends as well as friends of friends, family, romantic prospects, neighbors, the list goes on. And the vast majority of these will not be people to whom you…

The ones that have remained at the forefront of my mind for months or even years — I’m an avid reader, probably completing, on average, about one book a week (though sometimes this can be a bit more or less). I love, love, love reading because I believe we get so much out of books, stories, and reading in general. Thus, anytime someone mentions they “don’t read,”…

To answer this question, we need to ask a few more first… — So, can love and dishonesty co-exist? In some ways, absolutely. For instance, in the case of holding back not saying certain things… Let’s say you might be having a moment where you’re finding a loved one particularly annoying and tough to be around. This does not necessarily need to be voiced, because part of loving someone means dealing with them in both their awesome moments as well as…