Leaving Fingerprints on Eternity

Dr. Huel Perkins was my Humanities professor in my junior year of college. He was also one of the most captivating human beings I had ever met. He was tall, ...

Leaving Fingerprints on Eternity

How the Arts Save Us

By Susan Magsamen and Ivy RossExploring the power of art on our health and wellbeingArtistic expression is deeply ingrained in our biology and evolutionary development and is a crucial aspect ...

How the Arts Save Us

Why I’m Walking 200 Miles

I keep two invisible columns in my head, and you probably do also. One is labeled IGID — I’m Glad I Did. The other is IWIH — I Wish I ...

Why I’m Walking 200 Miles

The Power of Storytelling: From Hiding to Liberation

Twenty years ago, I was working the graveyard shift at a homeless shelter for mentally ill women in Santa Monica. My paycheck was $740 every two weeks. I took the ...

The Power of Storytelling: From Hiding to Liberation

Not Too Late to Live

Rilke, Longevity Literacy, and Full Force Living Not Too LateYou are not dead yet, it’s not too lateto open your depths by plunging into themand drink in the lifethat reveals ...

Not Too Late to Live

What’s Ok, What’s Not Ok

There are times in one’s life, many if you are lucky, when the journey takes you to an abrupt right-angle turn in the road. A decision is made. An insight ...

What’s Ok, What’s Not Ok

How Much is Enough? Less Than You Think

Everyone craves pleasure, but few know how best to obtain it, and at what cost. Surprisingly, some of the most useful advice comes not from modern psychology but from a ...

How Much is Enough? Less Than You Think

Quarter-Life Crisis to Breakthrough

I have a big fear: not living up to my potential. Of sitting on my deathbed questioning if I made my one shot at life count. The fear motivated me ...

Quarter-Life Crisis to Breakthrough

The Rise of Purpose Anxiety

“There’s a crack, a crack in everything. That’s how the light gets in.” -Leonard Cohen There’s a crack in many of our lives today. It’s a feeling of purpose anxiety ...

The Rise of Purpose Anxiety

All the Names You’ve Taught the World to Call You

Haircuts, the True Self, and the Call to Adventure Now’s the time to cheaton all the namesyou’ve taught the world to call you.James Pearson, from The Wilderness That Bears Your ...

All the Names You’ve Taught the World to Call You