Getting what you want is awesome. Winning is awesome. Succeeding feels amazing. Going after something, giving it a go and seeing your intended results? Awesome, obviously. We all know what it’s like to try and not succeed, even though it’s likely a case of simply not having succeeded yet as…

You’re not going to win at Scrabble if you’re playing by the rules for Monopoly. You’re not going to win at poker if you’re playing by the rules for solitaire. You can’t play chess with the rules for checkers. It’s always a risky bet for me to use a sports…

So I’m fresh back from a long-anticipated trip to Universal Studios and Disney World with one of my best friends. Did you know you can request a pixie-dusting when you’re in the Magic Kingdom? It’s free, relatively not well known and it’s the souvenir that keeps on giving. …

How do you know whether the small, still voice you’re listening to is the right small, still voice to listen to? Have you ever tried to check in with your intuition, only to discover that you can’t distinguish the voice of your inner wisdom from the silver-tongued whispers of your…

When I was, oh, eleven or twelve — I can’t actually remember, though I remember it was during the long reign of knee socks — I decided to quit Girl Guides. I remember this because it was the first time I ever left anything by my own choice. I also…

We humans are funny animals. I once heard Elizabeth Gilbert say in an interview that the best place to hide God was in us humans, because we are the last place you’d think to look for it/her/him/they/divinity. It makes me laugh but I think it’s also profoundly true. We are…

I’m relatively new at being a person who does yard work and gardens, which is a fun hobby for me and an ominous undertaking for all flora residing in my yard. My thumbs are not particularly green. Last summer, I accidentally chopped off a clematis I’d been oh-so-carefully cultivating for…

I’ve noticed that for some people, doing the work is the part that seems to get in the way of achieving the desired result or outcome. This isn’t a judgment; it’s an observation. To be honest, I’m pretty sure that we all have some area in our lives where we…

When I was in university, I had many opportunities to travel and study abroad. I could’ve met my best friend Jennifer in the UK and spent the summer adventuring around Europe together. I could have spent multiple summers working on archaeological digs in Jordan. I really wanted to have these…