From Melody Beattie: One day, my son brought a gerbil home to live with us. We put it in a cage. Some time later, the gerbil escaped. For...

"Rates of mental illness are on the rise. According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), US adults over the age of eighteen had...

From Melody Beattie: For many of us, the issue is not whether we can trust another person again; it’s whether we can trust our own...

From Melody Beattie: Look how far we’ve come! It’s good to focus on the task ahead, on what remains to be done. It’s important to stop...

From Melody Beattie: When we first become aware of a problem, a situation, or a feeling, we may react with anxiety or fear. There is no...

All or SOMETHING > All or NOTHING

"Love is when you allow yourself to feel and release, to heal and be free of any fear you were holding a moment ago."...

When we focus on our resourcefulness and internal strengths, we can change our perspective and worldview. We ought to make it a point to...

Continuous improvement is better than delayed perfection. Mark Twain

"The World Health Organization estimated that in 2017, almost 800 million people on our planet suffered from mental health disorders....

From Melody Beattie: Why do we struggle so with our feelings? Why do we work so hard to deny our emotions, especially concerning other...

Growth can happen anywhere. Photo by Hassan Al Mu'alif

You cannot master powerfully what you have not walked out.

From Melody Beattie: Let yourself be nurtured and loved. Let people be there for you. Allow yourself to be held when it would feel good....

There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your formal self. Ernest Hemingway

From Melody Beattie: It’s important to let ourselves grieve as a passage between yesterday and tomorrow. But we do not have to be...

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you. Lewis B. Smedes