By Seema Naz When my Amazon business collapsed, I felt as though something precious had been taken away from me. I had invested time, effort, and hope in it. Losing it was deeply disappointing. At the time, I couldn’t imagine that this setback might eventually lead me somewhere quite different. There was already a great […]
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The Compassion We Forget to Give Ourselves
By Matt Buonocore For a long time, I believed healing meant leaving the past behind. I thought that if I became strong enough, forgiving enough, or understanding enough, I might eventually reach a place where the things that had hurt me no longer mattered. But I’ve come to understand that healing doesn’t always ask us […]
Purpose as a Daily Practice: Small Virtues That Add Up
By Dr. Krisztián Galánthai Fekete I live in a house that is about a thousand years old, in a small Swiss city that is about two thousand years old. Solothurn began as a Roman settlement called Salodurum on the river Aare, and pieces of the old Roman fortress wall can still be seen in parts […]
The Unexpected Lesson James Taught Me About Service
By Josh Liljenquist For a long time, I thought service was fairly simple. One person had something another person needed. You noticed the need, stepped in, helped however you could, and hopefully left the situation a little better than you found it. I still believe helping someone in need matters. But someone named James taught […]
Navigating Fatigue with Resilience: A Pilot’s Journey to Wellness in a Demanding Career
By Katie Bateman For as long as I can remember, I’ve been a tough cookie. Growing up in rural New Zealand, that’s how we rolled. If something was hard or uncomfortable, you sucked it up and got the job done. It wasn’t until recently that I realised how deeply I’d internalised that mindset—and how it […]