RiseUP Blog

Our oldest son thought that just because we had checks in the checkbook, we had money.

The beauty of a schedule is that it allows you to tell your time what to do instead of the other way around.

Being conscientious in your work is great, but don’t do it at the expense of your health.

Humans are designed to want to fit in, to belong somewhere, and to have people care about them.

What is it about boundaries that often causes friction or discomfort in daily life?

Although work situations are much different now, it is still easy for people to fall into working way too many hours and still feel as if they are not free.

Whether you set up the grill or order your favorite takeout, just being with family or friends to cheer on your teams is what football season memories are made of.

When it came time to apply to colleges and take the ACT, I found myself battling anxiety as I began to prepare myself for the next chapter of my education.

Dangerous weather can appear suddenly, so you need to have a plan.

When children from hard places forget their “core memories,” they forget a bit of themselves.

It’s more important to be able to stand up for yourself and your time than to always bend to other people’s will.

It makes sense that most children in custody will be extremely nervous upon starting a new school year, particularly if they must change schools.

Self-forgiveness is an intrinsic part of self-healing.

Grief never entirely goes away. Let yourself feel how you feel, and don’t try to minimize it.

I have found it much easier to work with someone who may not have advanced skills but who has a positive attitude than to work with a highly skilled person who has a poor attitude.

I believe that every person is like an instrument: our bodies are tuned to a frequency that we can hear only occasionally, and we need to follow it to discover what truly fits who we are.

When you are working with a group of people and have good ideas, know when to press forward to make sure you’re heard.

The first person I cut out of my life was very important to me, and I still think about them to this day. But no matter how I frame it, I know that cutting that person out of my life was the best thing I could have done for myself.

Next time you look for your heart’s desire, try your own backyard.

As a writer, I sometimes get my inspiration from unexpected places. For the next few weeks, I will share what was written on the paper slips inside the last four fortune cookies I opened while enjoying Chinese food.