by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Oct 22, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, ELVIRA G. ALETTA, PhD. ~ By living we take risks. By trusting we take the biggest risk of all. When betrayal happens our foundation crumbles from underneath us. I mean, it’s one thing if someone we don’t expect to have our interests at heart is...
by Bernie Shine | Oct 19, 2019 | Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, BERNIE SHINE~ The creation and performance of magical effects is my passion, my “Rosebud.” The ancient art of magic is what gets me up the morning and keeps me up at night. But are they reality or merely illusions? The real magic are the moments...
by insidewink | Oct 4, 2019 | Guest Writers, Videos |
Meet Julia Rael insidewink snapshot – Meet Guest Writer Julia Rael insidewink loves to share personal stories from a wide range of guest writers. We are truly so lucky to have such a diverse group of high caliber contributors. They are such an interesting group...
by Ellen Byron | Sep 26, 2019 | Featured, Great Reads, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, ELLEN BYRON ~ I first tried writing a mystery novel because I wanted to kill someone. I’m a television writer by trade. I’ve worked with some fantastic, funny people. But I’ve also worked with some human turkeys. No, wait. That’s an insult to turkeys....
by Jeanne Laporte | Sep 20, 2019 | Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, JEANNE LAPORTE ~ I decided to walk the neighborhood where I grew up to get my steps in today. As I made my way down my parents’ front porch, I was overcome with gratitude, grateful that they are still alive and in our family home, I walked onto the...
by Emma Ogiens | Sep 18, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Emma Ogiens ~ Letting go is hard. I’d like to say it’s easy, but it’s not. To put it simply, letting go is a tough one for me. I’d like to say that I’m able to let difficult conversations or sad circumstances just roll off my shoulder like it’s...
by Elin Hampton | Sep 14, 2019 | Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, ELIN HAMPTON ~ My father called me a helicopter daughter. Okay, it wasn’t to my face, but word gets around. Helicopter-anything is never a positive thing. I took such pride in launching my three kids into the world without the sin of over-parenting....
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Aug 29, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D ~ Growing up, I thought there were two states of being in a relationship. War or Peace. My parents, dear, flawed role models that they were, appeared to have that kind of relationship. From a kid’s point of view, they...
by Niki Svara | Aug 20, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Niki Svara ~ A true feeling of peace doesn’t come from the absence of things you don’t like. It comes from the absence of judgment toward the things you don’t like. See where I’m going with this? Love, your body Excerpt from Piece Talks: Messages of...
by Natalie Soriano | Jul 27, 2019 | Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Natalie Soriano ~ I have let money determine my self-worth, I’ve given my power to it, and I’ve even been angry at it. I’ve pushed it away, longed for it, and despised it. I’ve dumped a lot of heavy emotions on a piece of paper. Money never did...
by Grace Holtzclaw | Jul 25, 2019 | Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Grace Holtzclaw ~ I grew up on the American Dream… … of picking up hitchhiker Jack Keroauc on the road and speeding down the highway to Las Vegas with Hunter S. Thompson. When I think about the canon of American authors who are represented...
by Julia Rael | Jul 23, 2019 | Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Julia Rael ~ Everyone’s lives are filled with milestones. From the day we enter this world to the day we leave it, we constantly cross thresholds that represent starting a new chapter in our lives. Around this time of year, my mind begins dwelling on...
by Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D | Jul 17, 2019 | Expert Advice, Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Elvira G. Aletta, Ph.D ~ One of the first words we learn as infants is no. If we do our job right, growing up we use no to set boundaries. The toddler’s no translation would look like this: “Excuse me, madame, but when you insist that I share my toys...
by Bernie Shine | Jul 15, 2019 | Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Bernie Shine ~ Over the decades I have given thought to what has always drawn me to the ancient art of magic and what life lessons I have learned from it. I feel some of these lessons are transformative to have relevance in everyone’s life. I have been...
by Andy Lerner | Jun 26, 2019 | Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Andy Lerner ~ I think Wally has taught me… …more about being a man than anyone in my life. That might have been a bit of an exaggeration, but the point is clear. Wally and I go back about 12 years. Was it love at first sight? Well, for me it was. We...
by David Steven Simon | Jun 23, 2019 | Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, David Steven Simon ~ I carry a quiet, secret silk purse of sadness wherever I go. It’s tucked discreetly into the pocket of my vest of memory and I am calmed by both its weight and terrified by its accessibility. Its contents contain no currency. Not...
by Julia Rael | Jun 20, 2019 | Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Julia Rael ~ What does the phrase “Man Up” mean to you? To some, it might bring inspiration – the drive to keep going when things seem tough. To others, the phrase might represent a misogynist point of view. As though the only way to be strong is...
by Stephen Bock | Jun 18, 2019 | Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Stephen Bock ~ Living on the Left Coast means that most of my trips begin early in the morning. That’s when the first flights roar into the skies over a sleepy Santa Monica Bay, climb above the marine layer that covers the Los Angeles basin on so...
by Julia Rael | May 27, 2019 | Featured, Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Julia Rael ~ Inspiring Women’s Empowerment Since the birth of the United States, women have had to compromise their careers, their families, and their dreams in order to be taken seriously in the professional world. The world will never know how...
by Liz McGlinchey King | May 24, 2019 | Guest Writers |
~ Guest Writer, Liz McGlinchey King ~ “Please help me,” I heard her say. She stood by the supermarket exit and held a cardboard sign with jagged edges, torn by hand. In her arms was a sleeping toddler, the mother’s bare nipple exposed near the baby’s...
