Comparison culture—we all face it daily, especially on social media. So, how can we silence the voices that make many of us feel not good enough, not pretty enough, not thin enough, not smart enough, or not successful enough? Here are four helpful tips. Social media wields a tremendous amount of power and influence in today’s society, including creating the tendency for us … [Read more...] about 4 Ways to Fight Comparison Culture on Social Media
Health & Wellness
Purify Wellness: Helping Others Become Healthy, Strong, and Well
A Himalayan salt cave. Energy mapping. Magnetic therapy. Yoga. Hot Yoga. These are just some of the ways that entrepreneur Holly Draper is helping people to improve their minds and bodies at Purify Wellness in Pleasant Grove, Utah. In a time marked with health concerns, Holly Draper wants to help people of all ages be their healthiest selves. But that’s no easy task. … [Read more...] about Purify Wellness: Helping Others Become Healthy, Strong, and Well
Room Here: Mental Fitness for the Masses
With so much stigma around the topic of mental health, one nonprofit group wants to help shift the paradigm. Instead, they prefer to focus on mental fitness, which is something that everyone can benefit from. Trent Mano and Rachel Merrill of Room Here founded their organization on the principle that we all need to take care of our minds whether or not we have a diagnosed mental … [Read more...] about Room Here: Mental Fitness for the Masses
Dealing with Unwanted Change
How many times have you heard that change is the only constant thing in life? Honestly, I used to be so. fearful of change. I am the a girl who orders the same food, goes to the same favorite restaurants, and am a creature of habit. Change has not been a welcome thing in my life. It’s crazy how quickly things can change. I have grown and changed in my perspective … [Read more...] about Dealing with Unwanted Change
Mother in Waiting: The Struggle of Infertility
There is an urgent knock at the door, “It’s time!” We slip quietly into the next hospital room. The husband is kneeling at his wife’s side, stroking her hair and whispering to her. Her eyes are closed and she is breathing deeply. We are motioned to sit. A powerful sense of calm and anticipation fills the room. I gaze at my husband and wonder at this beautiful and surreal … [Read more...] about Mother in Waiting: The Struggle of Infertility
