RiseUP Blog

I have to say that for me, this week has been a challenge. I think I have too many things going on.

Fathers don’t need to be blood related. They just must love you, accept you as you are, and encourage you to shoot for your dreams.

We need to do the “next right thing.” I believe that we as a people want to do better as soon as we know better.

We need to calmly pick up the pieces of our “bad day” and know that we can make the proverbial lemonade out of lemons. 

While military life isn’t for everyone, I want to thank not only the servicemen and women in our country, but also their families. They make many sacrifices when their loved ones are not home.

Since it is the end of the school year, this week I want to encourage you to pick one or two friends—fellow students, or just acquaintances—and commit to reaching out to them over the summer.

Your mom will always be your mother, no matter how many other mother figures you have in your life. As a mother myself, I can testify that raising children is not for the faint-hearted.

I hope you'll savor the last bit of school year with your friends and teachers. I will certainly miss my colleagues and the students over the summer.

If you have things in your life that you want to change, focus on only one at a time. If you try to change too many things at once, any failure to meet the desired outcome will cause frustration.

Of all the spectator sports, I love baseball the best. It’s interesting, I understand it, and I know how many players are on each team and what they do.

With a smartphone and a connection to the internet, more people can access therapists from the comfort of their homes.

We all have things we do because we want to fit in with our peers, but then there is a part of us that yearns to be different. We long to do that one thing to make us stand above the others.

Don’t take on things that you don’t believe you need to be doing. It does great harm to your body, mind, and even your emotional well-being.

Does your child have trouble falling asleep and sleeping through the night? Do your kids’ sleep issues keep you from getting the rest you need to function well?

Learn how making lists and setting priorities can help us become as effective with our time as possible and feel great as we complete important tasks.

When you think of a superhero, the attributes of confidence, success, and accomplishments come to mind. This has a lot to do with the way they present themselves.

You may be intrigued by a field of study that is exciting but also scary to you. Don’t hold yourself back from an opportunity just because of fear.

Your dreams motivate you to get out there and make a difference in the world. You’ve got this.

No one deserves ridicule for thinking for themselves. ... We should be encouraging one another, not tearing each other down.

We know that effective communication combines both verbal and nonverbal aspects. Sometimes our body language can send signals that conflict with the words we say out loud.