Broaden Your Horizons and Explore Volunteering Opportunities and Organizations
While volunteering has been a popular activity in the last few decades, it is not limited to the 20th and 21st century, with voluntary hospitals in the UK dating back to the 12th century. For this non-profit act to not only continue, but grow and develop into more...
Ending the Stigma of Overdose with Healing for Loved Ones Who Carry On
Saying goodbye to someone you love is never easy. But for people who lose a friend or family member to overdose, the burden of grief is even heavier. Besides processing their own pain, they’re forced to cope with the judgements and misconceptions of others who...
Ways to Show You Care and Lend Support When Someone You Love Is Grieving
In a culture where many of us aren’t comfortable talking about grief, it’s hard to know how to support someone who has lost a friend or family member. How much sympathy is too much? Will our well-meant words do more harm than good? What’s the best way to help?...
Dedication, Unity and Determination: It’s National Women’s Equality Day!
1920 was a year of firsts. It was the year when the League of Nations held its first Executive Council meeting, the year when the American Professional Football League (now the N.F.L.) was formed, the year when the U.S. Census first recorded a population over 100...
Discover the Country’s Best Travel Destinations During American Adventures Month
“Travel opens your heart, broadens your mind and fills your life with stories to tell.” – Paula Bendfeldt August stands for American Adventures Month – and just in time for the end of summer, too! The celebration of venturing across America was founded by explorer...
With Appreciation for Baby Boomers Through Centenarians on World Senior Citizens Day
It could quite possibly be the only thing that everyone will agree on – we all want to eventually become “senior citizens” and live as long and healthily as possible. The 2010 United States Census Bureau tallied 403 million residents 65 and older while the count on...
Much Respect to the Powerful Matriarchs of the Chickasaw Nation
The United States has been heavily influenced by European traditions and beliefs. One belief being that men are the rulers of the household and the leaders of society. Well, that is slowly changing. It is progressing within my tribe, which is the Chickasaw Nation....
Breaking Bad Habits: How to Make a Behavior Change That Sticks
Every person will pick up a bad habit or two throughout their walk of life. These bad habits can be grueling to overcome, but I believe that it is not impossible to put them behind us. Some habits can be so minor or unnoticeable that sometimes people do not even...
Three Ways You and Your Child Can Prepare for Going Back to School
By this time your children (and you, if we’re honest) are longingly staring at the calendar wishing it to either speed up or slow down as summer comes to an end. Schools are starting back this month and circumstances may not be business as usual. School leaders’...
Enduring the Mental and Physical Struggles of Menopause? We’re With You!
I grew up, unfortunately, not well-educated about the physical and mental health of women. I am curious to know what I should expect once I get close to my 40s. My mom is currently at the beginning of going through the pre-menopausal (or perimenopause) stage. I did...
A Purrfect Day for Felines and Those Who Love Them: International Cat Day
Why do people have cats? I won’t say “own” them because cats can’t be owned. They don’t care to be trained except for using the litter box; but, in reality, that is probably the cat’s idea anyway, and we live with the illusion we have “trained” them. Cats won’t...
Wrestling With the Truth: Is Impostor Syndrome Slowing the Growth of Your Business?
Many businesswomen wrestle with impostor syndrome. Typically associated with high achievers, impostor syndrome runs thick in the veins as it is an unconscious mindset picked up from society. The impostor syndrome feeling doesn't have anything to do with what you...
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