If you're in a hard place right now, your joy may seem like it's hiding--or gone. I understand. But it's still there, I promise, just waiting to be resurrected. And to help with that, it's with great excitement that I let you know about my new podcast, Find Joy No...

Probably right under your nose. You might, however, want to avoid beating the bushes for it in a place that's obviously designed to make you happy. I have heard more than one parent raise a voice at the kids at Disney World, saying something like, "We're in the...

Remember Chewbacca Mom? When I first saw the video, I thought she was just a crazy lady (a kindred spirit, to be sure) having some fun. Then I read her backstory of her current joy in spite of her background of homelessness, sexual abuse, feelings of worthlessness,...

So. Amid news of plane crashes, companies in crisis, the threat of nuclear war, confusing messages from world leaders, disturbed people opening gunfire on innocents and driving cars into crowds... Not to mention worries about the loss of mind and health, worries about...

For it is in giving that we receive...(Saint Francis of Assisi)  I am not entirely sure that the Good Friar had the gift of a Harley ride in mind when he said this. However, I'm inclined not to rule it out. Gift giving is tricky business, as you know--especially if...

This post may or may not be for the neat freaks amongst us. And for all you slobs out there, consider it a permission slip to celebrate your authentic self, and join me in this liberating declaration: Cleaning up is highly overrated. Because I’ve found that leaving a...

Well, now.  Couldn't we all just have a field day with this one? Because something is probably missing from everybody's life. Consider, though, that there just might be an adventure hiding in there somewhere if you risk making the effort to restore what's gone AWOL....

Pain = no fun ever. But maybe you can use yours to help someone with theirs. A while back in Boston, my daughter, Jamie, had two extensive surgeries, one on each hip. The procedure, called a periacetabular osteotomy is as complex and painful as it sounds. They break...

Those times when your happy little umbrella of optimism has blown inside out, and you find yourself face down on concrete. Then what do you need? Your first response to this question might involve a change in circumstances, such as, " I need for [Person Whose Life Is...

Certain members of my family give me endless grief for starting way too many sentences with "I wonder..." And I get it. The quest for knowledge--aside from sounding like an Indiana Jones knockoff movie--is a phrase that may not turn your crank at first glance, but...