We're all magicians, you know. We may get frustrated and discouraged by our apparent lack of influence in the world. We may complain that...

“Pat, you’re in transition,” said my husband George. Those four words were one of his greatest gifts to me—apart from our two children,...

Many of us think about the things we’d like to acquire and achieve in that untouched year ahead, all sparkling and fresh and full of...

Is there a quality you’ve been admiring in others, feeling inspired by—but not feeling you own? Here’s a gentle process for growing that...

One perfectly ordinary April afternoon twelve years ago, I tore up my vision board. As I ripped off the carefully collected pictures of...