Category: Health & Self Empowerment

Depression is a horrible condition to live with. As some of my readers may know, enduring its presence in my life when I was younger, made me seriously contemplate …

“Self–education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.” Isaac Asimov I struggled throughout grade school, not because I found the work to be too difficult, but …

By now, most of you have probably become aware that there is a mass awakening taking place in our world right now. One of the markers of this great …

About 3 years ago I decided to try out a Vegan diet and really wasn’t sure what to expect. As someone who exercises daily — and very intensely — …

As someone who has taken physical fitness very serious for much of my life, the decision to go vegan seemed almost incomprehensible to me just a few years ago. …

These days it seems like everyone wants to complain about mankind being evil and destructive, but how many people do you know that genuinely want to harm innocent animals …

“If you really want to do something,you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.” — Attributed to Jim Rohn In a story that is beyond inspiring, a blind man named Jia Haixia and his friend Jia Wenqi — a double …

As a life long fan of Bruce Lee, a conversation I find myself having often times with other people, is whether or not Bruce Lee could actually fight, or …

These brilliant TED-Ed cartoons capture the potential dangers of chronic stress, which include shrinkage of the brain, molecular changes to our DNA, and other serious health issues. More importantly than this though, …

“One has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” — Martin Luther King Jr   In 1991, Arnold Abbott created the Love Thy neighbor Fund in honor of his late …

After finding dead snakes washed up onto a barren wasteland in 1979, village-man Jadav Payeng — just 16 years old at the time — decided to start planting some …

In 1969, nobody expected a skinny Asian man to become one of the most influential personalities in modern history. Nobody, that is, except for Bruce Lee. Named by TIME magazine …

“You are more powerful than you know and they fear the day you discover it!” Truth I remember listening to a talk by Sir Ken Robinson several years ago; about …

Just when you think there is no hope for mankind, a beautiful story like this one comes along and helps restore one’s faith in Humanity. Rajib Thomas, known better …

I remember the first time I saw the movie Patch Adams, starring the late great comedian Robin Williams. It moved me to tears, not just because it was such …