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stories and insights about living life boldly.

This author learned six things when she started a new dating technique: sliding into DMs on social media.

6 Things I Learned From a Month of Sliding Into DMs

Have you been feeling tedious lately due to the pandemic? Try to change your perception of time.

Feeling Tedious? Change Your Perspective of Time

Watch why this military spouse created a podcast to help others around the world.

Podcast Helps Military Spouses Find Community

Respond to racial oppression by following these four ways.

You are Not Powerless — 4 Ways to Respond to Racial Injustice

Why is community important during the pandemic? This author goes into detail.

Make Community Mean Something in this Pandemic

Watch how the greatest generation can offer perspective for how to deal isolation and the pandemic.

How One Grandfather’s Stories Can Offer Perspective

Pump up your workout by trying out these four versatile audio fitness apps.

4 Audio Fitness Apps to Amp Up Your Workouts

Don't let summer pass you by; here are 5 things to do in the summer to make the most of it.

5 Simple Ways To Not Let The Summer Pass You By

Take into consideration these tips about how to deal with financial stress during the pandemic.

How to Handle Financial Stress in this Pandemic Recession

Watch Icing Smiles create custom cakes for children who are battling severe illnesses.

Pastry Chef Makes “Dream Cakes” for Kids with Critical Illness

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Pump up your workout by trying out these four versatile audio fitness apps.

4 Audio Fitness Apps to Amp Up Your Workouts

Article / Health & Wellness

Don't let summer pass you by; here are 5 things to do in the summer to make the most of it.

5 Simple Ways To Not Let The Summer Pass You By

Article / Health & Wellness

Try new recipes by trying these online sources for cooking at home.

4 New Recipe Sources to Break Your Cooking Rut

Article / Health & Wellness

Take into consideration these tips about how to deal with financial stress during the pandemic.

How to Handle Financial Stress in this Pandemic Recession

Article / Career & Finance

Follow these 5 tips for how to live on a budget — and not feel the pinch.

5 Tips For Living on a Tight Budget Without Feeling the Pinch

Article & Video / Career & Finance

Read the four strategies for what to do when you get laid off.

4 Ways to Respond if the Pandemic Took Your Job

Article / Career & Finance

This author learned six things when she started a new dating technique: sliding into DMs on social media.

6 Things I Learned From a Month of Sliding Into DMs

Article / Relationships

Watch why this military spouse created a podcast to help others around the world.

Podcast Helps Military Spouses Find Community

Video / Relationships

Check out 4 unique ways for how to celebrate Mom during social distancing.

4 Ways to Celebrate Mom During Social Distancing

Article / Relationships

Make an Impact

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Respond to racial oppression by following these four ways.

You are Not Powerless — 4 Ways to Respond to Racial Injustice

Learn how this C.S. Lewis quote taught this grad how to live in the moment.

How This Quote Saved Me From My Post-Grad Slump

Read "Ode to Exhaustion", a poem about exhaustion.

“Ode to Exhaustion”

Why is community important during the pandemic? This author goes into detail.

Make Community Mean Something in this Pandemic

Article / Volunteer

Watch Icing Smiles create custom cakes for children who are battling severe illnesses.

Pastry Chef Makes “Dream Cakes” for Kids with Critical Illness

Video / Volunteer

How can we stay environmentally friendly during the pandemic?

Can We Stay ‘Green’ During the Pandemic?

Article / Volunteer

Have you been feeling tedious lately due to the pandemic? Try to change your perception of time.

Feeling Tedious? Change Your Perspective of Time

Article / Transform

Watch how the greatest generation can offer perspective for how to deal isolation and the pandemic.

How One Grandfather’s Stories Can Offer Perspective

Video / Transform

This LA artist is gathering artists to create street art along Skid Row, transforming Indian Alley, a long-time place of healing amidst the suffering.

Transforming Skid Row with Stunning Street Art

Video / Transform

Keep the Faith

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My Plans are Ruined, But I'm Realizing It's a Gift

My Plans are Ruined, But I’m Realizing It’s a Gift

Article / Prayer

Find out the reasons as to why keep a journal during the coronavirus pandemic.

My Pandemic Journal is Changing the Way I See the World

Article / Prayer

Discover the effects of prayer on your mental health.

How Prayer Affects Your Mental Health

Article / Prayer

Learn why Pope Saint John Paul II's life lesson to us all was to live without fear.

What It Means to Live Without Fear

Article / Community

Learn how to invite hope into your life while fighting fear, especially during a global crisis.

Inviting Hope into Our Lives in the Midst of Crisis

Article / Community

Read what we can learn from Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton for when she had to be quarantined herself in the 1800s.

This Saint Found Peace During Quarantine — So Can We

Article / Community

Learn these 5 things to do when being an adult sucks.

5 Tips for Dealing with the Restlessness of Adulthood

Article / Belief

Watch how this mother finds calm and peace within her Virgin Mary paintings.

Mother Finds Healing in Painting Portraits of Mary

Trey Mancini and Trevor Williams have had to embrace the unexpected lately; find out why and how here.

These Ballplayers Are Embracing the Unexpected — Even Off the Field

Article / Belief