Earning Freedom: From Prison to Professor
Can Socrates reveal the meaning of life for a prisoner? After making a series of bad decisions, including selling cocaine, Michael Santos was convicted to 45 years in prison. There he discovered a book...
View ArticleTeach Kids to Fail Well
If you’re not failing all the time, you’re not succeeding at all, according to Deb Ross, publisher of KidsOutAndAbout.com. Writing can propel a child’s success much faster than almost any other skill....
View ArticleRock Bottom to Authentic Success
"Well, your credit says you owe $1.4 million." Natalie Jill's lowest point in life went down like this:I caught this glimpse of myself just really out of shape and it was the first time I didn't even...
View ArticleDivorce From a Narcissist, Part 1
"I have somewhat been a magnet for narcissists my whole life," says Lindsey Ellison, founder of Start Over - Find Happiness, a coaching program. She now runs a course called "Break Free from Your...
View ArticleDivorce From a Narcissist, Part 2
Talk back at the mean girl voice in your head! If you don't have loving people supporting you when you're in an abusive relationship or you're unhappy, that mean girl voice in your head starts to take...
View ArticleKids Treasure Letters of Love
This ain’t your Momma’s scrapbooking! Anna Broome, National Sales Director for Forever.com, has a passion for helping people preserve their memories. She shares her unique idea for Love Letters to your...
View ArticleYou Don’t Have to be Blind to See
According to Steve Forbes, "Jim Stovall is one of the most remarkable and inspiring individuals of this age - or any age. His example of doing good and great things in the face of what others would...
View ArticleWriting Trumps Trauma
"There's been much research about the healing effects of writing. What writing does is connect these two parts of the brain that normally don't talk to each other. Every time someone says, 'Oh, this is...
View ArticleHappiness Habits and the Four Tendencies
Happiness researcher Gretchen Rubin is interested in all facets of human nature. She shares her insights into the 8 Splendid Truths of Happiness, including "feeling good, feeling bad, and feeling right...
View ArticleFamily Stories and Google Cousin Bait
"I was the only 8 year old who was using her allowance to buy death certificates," says Lisa Louise Cooke, author of The Genealogist's Google Toolbox. She's discovered that Google is 'cousin bait'...
View ArticleWriting: A Healing Tool for Trauma and Shame
Meg Worden spent 2 years in prison for conspiracy to sell the drug ecstasy. Problem was, she had already cleaned up her life and had a 2 month old baby when Federal agents knocked at her door with the...
View ArticleCan Truth Change With Time and Distance?
"The interesting thing that always strikes me when I write about emotional moments like this is just realizing that I’m very much writing about the experience as I experienced it, not necessarily as it...
View ArticleIs Your Pain for Public Consumption?
"Like many people, I've had a difficult childhood," says Author Mary DeMuth. "One of the things I struggled with in telling my story openly was that I didn’t know if I was through it yet and in a way,...
View ArticleDon’t Hold Your Life Story at Arm’s Length
Most people are trained to hold their own story at arm’s length. The goal of academic writing is to separate your own experience from what is objectively true. That lifelong training can make it very...
View ArticleStorytelling as Currency for Human Connection
"I believe everyone has a story and that story has the possibility of changing the world. It’s a high concept, I know. This doesn’t mean everyone will write a memoir or a piece of fiction. But, if we...
View ArticleEvernote Writing and Organizing Family Stories
Writer Kristi Willis started using Evernote by clipping and organizing her vast collection of recipes while watching football games. She shares some unique ways you can use Evernote (a virtual...
View ArticleLoved This World, Pen In Hand
Ann expects to die with an open notebook in her hand. In fact, her tombstone inscription is already prepared: Loved This World, Pen In Hand. This poet and has been writing since the fifth grade. She...
View ArticleBreaking Down the Walls of Wall Street
"Women have to put their foot forward and say I'm entitled. If I'm doing an equal job, I should be paid for it. For all the young women now who have never had to deal with these problems...I walked the...
View ArticleScripting the Side Hustle
On day one of self-employment, Nick Loper's website went down and his vision of hammocks and four hour work weeks disappeared. Google shut down his account and he realized the importance of...
View ArticleThe Vomelette and Other Tales
“We have all of these weird urges or thoughts or ideas that don’t fit and you’re not allowed to say publicly. But if you can get that all out in not just a safe way, but a constructive way, you can use...
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