Dr. Seuss (March 2), Khaled Hosseini (March 4), Gabriel García Márquez (March 6), Jack Kerouac (March 12), Albert Einstein (March 14), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15), Fred Rogers (March 20), Aretha ...

Some months ago, I found myself lying in bed at nearly three in the morning, endlessly scrolling through my newsfeed. My jaw was tight. My breathing was shallow. My body had that familiar buzzing ...

Humans have three types of tears. Basal tears are saline-based and contain electrolytes, oils, mucus, and proteins (over 1500 of them!) to keep our eyes lubricated, protected, and nourished throughout ...

In part one, I shared how sometimes we ruin our child’s confidence without realizing it. We all want our children to become confident adults who can align their decisions with their values. However, ...

Most of us avoid being judgmental. I know I do, but I still catch myself judging people automatically. I remind myself that it’s natural—that my mind’s sole purpose is to evaluate people and ...

When my 70-year-old Korean hairstylist, Karen, mentioned that her husband had passed away a few years ago, I did what any well-mannered person would do. I gasped, put my hand on my heart, and said, ...

There was once a man who was visited by three goddesses. They were attempting to settle a dispute between them, a trifling matter to determine which of them held claim to the golden apple that had ...

Everyone and their mom knows, at least intellectually, that the whole of creation is in a state of endless revolution. The Greek philosopher Heraclitus famously said, “No same man could walk through ...

We can talk about spirituality or yoga or meditation or mindfulness all day, but life has a way of testing whether our understanding is superficial, or thorough. There’s a famous story about Naropa ...

It hasn’t been an easy year for those of us who are driven by the mindful, the ethical, and the desire to be of benefit. Those who believe in human rights and in the power of the people to make a ...

1. Wear silk. Tight or loose. There is just something about silk that says,“Hell yes, I love you.” Wear the kind of silk that glides across hardwood floors like you are sliding against ice. Wear silk ...

My Sun, Moon and rising signs are all in the water element. That creates a strong, emotional nature with extreme sensitivity at times. It also gives me a hard outer shell (scorpion and crab bodies), ...