It is just over a month since the famous "apocalyptic" Dec. 21, 2012 date, which marked the "end" of the Mayan calendar and many astrological alignments. So what now? Did anything really change? Did I miss the news of the world ending?

Looking at this date through spiritual eyes, it...

In a world of electronics, metal, and machines EVERYWHERE it's hard not to feel like you're constantly buzzed from coffee, culture, and a whirlwind of electric energy surging through your veins. I'd like to present the idea that humans are not the only ones influenced. What if we're equally returning...

Our culture does a very good job of pounding the living "creativity" out of us. Many of the forms of practicing our "creator" expressions such as art or music have been cut in schools. If you did have the opportunity to be in an art class, the D- on your...

Next time you're eating out at a restaurant, take a look at the kids' menu. Whether you're grabbing a bite to eat at a burger joint or devouring a bowl of pasta at an Italian eatery, the kids' menu will, without fail, always include the same typical "kids' food" items....

These days, advertisers have enormous difficulty marketing to generation Y because this new generation is so independently minded. "Y" knows who they are and what they want, or rather, they know what they don't want. On the job front, they know they don't want to work a 9-5 like their...

Transition. During any transition stage your child endures, it is easy to assume that home equals paradise. It is safe, comforting and secure--providing cushion time to figure life out and leap into "the real world." How do we inspire a young person to leave home when they know the pantry...

We have all broken a rule or two. Even the most calm and controlled of us remembers perhaps stealing candy at a store as a kid or drinking alcohol before our twenty-first birthday. We all pushed the limit with our parents' rules, entering the "gray" area of the black and...

It's the day after your graduation day. You wake up in your tiny apartment with a striking new pit in your stomach. After a few moments, the realization that you're transitioning from college into the real world sinks in, and fear and worry overwhelm you.

In...

It may sound crazy, but I believe all of us are familiar with what it means to be a stalker. Many of you probably think about (and hopefully do not relate to) the hiding-out, binoculars around the neck, creeper-style stalking that results in restraining orders or imprisonment. Perhaps on an...