A number of states in the U.S., most recently North Carolina and Mississippi, have passed laws that protect religious freedom. But what are the motives behind these laws? According to Rabbi Brad Hirschfield, true religious freedom comes only when all religions are protected, and that means protecting your own interests, but also the interests of others.
What Your Musical Preferences Say About Your Personality
A new study demonstrates how our musical preferences can show how empathetic and/or logical we are.
How I Healed Myself Through Creativity… And You Can Too
How coming close to death taught Amy to dig deep into herself and start telling her story through art. How what she discovered led to her finding a healing she couldn’t get anywhere else. And how you can learn from her experience.
Five Lessons I Learned From Fire Hydrants
We’re used to thinking we can only learn lessons from deep, big things. But what about something as simple as a fire hydrant?
Moving Toward A Qualitative Life
How to move past a life that is measured by numbers and into one that is celebrated through depth.
How I Learned To Escape Self-Pity
How do we address the moments of the small personal disappointments, and see them in the larger context of our lives? Here’s what I learned from a recent experience.
Why I Miss My Fourth-Grade Teacher: A Decade Of Publishing Woes
From the infinite possibility of childhood potential to the limited, painful world of adulthood success: the life of a writer who’s desperately trying to find her niche in the publishing world.
My Experience Doing A Tech Cleanse
An attempt to turn FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) into JOMO (Joy Of Missing Out).
VIDEO: Moving Forward After Brussels
Monday’s attacks in Brussels left at least 31 dead and hundreds wounded. The rhetoric from politicians and presidential candidates, some fanning the flames of Islamophobia and some addressing only the law enforcement and intelligence aspect of the issue, seem to miss the point.
If we are to fight a war against violent extremism, we must do so in a way “that does not allow us to be dragged down into the wholesale hatred that our enemies practice.”