by Ben Michaelis "I want to do it but I'm afraid." "What are you afraid of?" "I'm afraid that people won't like me." "And?" "And, that's it. I don't want…
by Robert Leahy But if you are feeling frustrated often, yelling at your partner, criticizing your colleagues and friends, blowing your horn in traffic, throwing things around the house, then…
by Frank Niles, PH.D. If the environment at work becomes so toxic that it negatively affects your health and kills your resolve to wake up in the morning, giving your two…
by Jeff Cannon You can become the change you want to see in your partner and in your relationship. You'll find it's easier to create change when you lead by…
by Alexis Sclamberg You're giving everybody too much power. Frankly, people care a lot less about what you're doing than you think. You're just a blip on their radar screen.…
by Deepak Chopra Most of us spend a large amount of our lives striving for these things, thinking they are the keys to happiness and peace of mind, only to find that…
Ever promised yourself that this year you were definitely going to give that bad habit the flick, only to give into your vice again after only a couple of hours?…
by Gabriel Olatunji I'm sick of young people telling me politics is dangerous and that's the reason they are staying out of it I will like to tell you…
My relationship with Cindy generated emotional swings in me - from moments of joy when Cindy took steps toward healing to heavy disappointment or raging anger when she went back to…
by ‘Damilola Oyedele It’s my birthday! I was recently inspired by Oprah’s Letter to Her Younger Self and Glamour Magazine’s 30 Things Every Woman Should Have and Know by the…
by Patricia Omoqui It is okay to feel as if you are breaking down. See the breakdown as a reconfiguration. How often we humans go through endless contortions to escape…
Photo credit: Black African woman by Aderonke Adebanjo I had to write this because I get very interesting questions from time to time. There must be reasons women who want…
A long-term relationship with him would have limited my life! His rejection was a gift to me! Can you relate to any of these rejection scenarios? Parents disapprove of us, even…
You want darkness? Then focus on the negative. However, if you want more light, find all the positives you can. For some reason, too many of us have concluded there…
Gossip hurts. A sinking feeling in the stomach, a knife in the back, an ache in the heart-these are among the results of learning you've been gossiped about. It can…
by Patricia Omoqui Do voices of judgment from your growing up years still echo through your mind? Low self-esteem is a widespread mental affliction—a “virus” that has reached epidemic proportions. …
*singing* It’s too big, it’s too wide, it won’t fit… I got a big you know… Oh, not that.. and certainly not that famous head either.. Today we shall be…