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Empathy and kindness are vastly different. Empathy provides the ability to see humanity in others and to then go one step further.

Our biggest critic, ourselves, is a scourge to us all. How do we quiet its voice and remind ourselves of just how far we have truly come?

Life has a wicked sense of humor, and never is it more evident than when one thing after another goes wrong.

When you find yourself stuck, how can you dig yourself out? Break free from the status quo and find your path to a brighter future.

Being a seeker of knowledge is not about creating a to-learn list and dutifully crossing them off, one by one.

Christmas brings its own form of chaos. Joy is abundant but it often overshadows something much more meaningful--peace.

The early years are not the hardest part of parenting. Instead, it is learning to let go and letting our children take the lead.

A simple three-word phrase guiding the year leads to realizations about how we, as works in progress, become better versions of ourselves.

The oft-asked question of our youth should continue to be posed throughout our life. The responses open the door to many possibilities.

A deeply personal reflection on what it means to live one life while connected to one so vastly different.

What shapes and molds our story, our life, as an author would? The answer comes from the whittling down of an ever-growing book collection.

A deep well of wisdom lies in proverbs. The complexities of the modern era are still driven by the same forces from a millennia ago.

Feared by sailors, the doldrums heralded many things--among them risk. But is a life without the doldrums worth risking?

Storms of life, like a faultline ripping through the earth, divide your life into two plates that can only be described as before and after.

A quiet kind of love strengthens and sustains us. If there could only be but one type of love in this world, it should be this.

Fall is more than a season, it is a time of transition. And yet transition is a period most of us struggle with the most.

Southern Holly's 100th article! Patience is a virtue. How do we pivot from the impatience that frustrates and confounds us?

Seek to understand the contradictions in others. When we understand the substance of a person, we can lean on each other to navigate life.

Music is more than a sum of its parts. Giving voice to your soul, it perhaps has the power to do so much more.

We all fall into a funk occasionally, even when things are going well. How do we get out of it? That's the fun part.