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When I was young, I had the distinct feeling that time was somehow standing still. Yes, the sun rose and set but the days seemed longer,...

There will always be someone with more than you: someone who is better than you are at a skill you’re passionate about, who is better...

A few days ago, my daughter was listening to music. Passing by her room, I stopped dead in my tracks at the sound of some comforting...

When Teresa Thaman heard how bad the storm was going to be, she, her daughter and her husband closed themselves in their bathroom and hid...

For a long time I’ve had two identities. Most days I’m a working mom: reliable, responsible and professional. I go to work, pay the...

Many of us live our lives as if there will always be plenty of time: time to go back to school, time to pick up a passion that was put...

In the 1970’s a folk artist from Detroit penned and recorded some of the most poignant songs of our time. An edgy brand of inner-city...

Just two weeks ago, the world watched in awe as Diana Nyad became the first person to swim from Cuba to Key West, in shark-infested water...

Though it might feel like it, getting your child ready to leave the nest doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a slow tipping of the scales, a...

Ask any number of people to summarize their childhood, and you’ll hear a variety of descriptions. Our childhoods are laced with humor and...

This week, as I was scrolling through Facebook, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. One friend from high school announced that she was...

I recently had an opportunity to see “King Lear” at Boscobel’s Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. As I took in a breathtaking sunset...

Tell yourself something often enough, and you’re bound to believe it. Tony Robbins once said, “The words that we attach to our experience...

In the midst of the challenges and chaos of our day to day existence, it’s easy to forget that there’s a world of opportunity out there....

There’s a section of the Alps between Austria and Italy that’s so incredibly steep and high, that it was considered impossible to cross...