Check out our latest SIMPLE TRUTH from our latest featured contributor... Things may not always seem the way that they look. Sometimes when you are standing on the outside looking in, we don't always see the whole picture. We may think that a person has the perfect job, drive the perfect car and have the perfect life - until you ask that person. We all have burdens and crosses to bear. Some are worse than others. But I have learned that no one ever gets through life without some battle scars. I think what ...

Check out our latest SIMPLE TRUTH from this TEEN TRUTH TRIBE member... In school our children are taught to be leaders. Show initiative. Take a stand. The system has created a mini adult world for our children. We want them to know their life path by the age of 16. We expect them to have it all mapped out, and be ready to chart their course through life. We have expected so much from these little people, but we have failed to give them the skills. We have taken ...

Check out the latest SIMPLE TRUTH from our Featured Professional Contributor... "One of the hardest things in life is having words in your heart that you can't utter" - James Earl Jones, Actor There's a reason why when you are taken - really taken emotionally by something you see or feel - you place your hand on your chest and take a deep breath. That is you FEELING. That is you CONNECTING. That is you KNOWING. So often we feel as though we are a head and a body ...

Check out the latest SIMPLE TRUTH from one of our TEEN TRUTH TRIBE MEMBERS... "Stand for something, or fall for anything." - Unknown This is a story of courage. It is about a little boy who continually got bullied from the age of nine, but still had the strength and fortitude to stand tall, even on unstable ground. Aidan is a slight 12-year-old boy. He loves music and the arts. He considers himself to be different in a sea of sameness. He walks through his life with his head held ...

Check out the latest SIMPLE TRUTH from our Featured Contributor... "In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect. Trees can be contorted, bent in weird ways, and they're still beautiful." - Alice Walker I wish my thighs were thinner. I wish I had a flatter stomach. I wish my legs were more muscular. I wish. I wish. I wish. How many hours a day do you spend wishing your body was perfect? I spent most of my life hating my body, wanting it to be the opposite of ...

Check out the latest SIMPLE TRUTH from our featured professional contributor... “Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and coordinated as bird wings.” - RUMI We all get stressed out. Between work, school and family, sometimes there’s little time for ourselves, let alone time to breathe and come back to center. When I began yoga over 13 years ago, I ignored the parts relating to the breath. I told myself, "Well I'll just learn how to put myself into an upside-down ...

Check out the latest SIMPLE TRUTH from our featured contributor... "There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein Imagine yourself crouched in an ancient cave, having traveled the world to uncover the one secret we all want the answer to: "What leads to happiness, love, and well-being?" You open a mysterious box buried in the cave and unwind the crumbling scroll to reveal the answer: Practice Gratitude. Practice Gratitude??? ...

Check out the latest SIMPLE TRUTH from our featured professional contributor... "There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting." - Buddha Growing up I had a complicated relationship with the truth - my parents would say, "All we ever want from you is the truth." I remember thinking, "Well, do you really want the truth or do you want me to tell you what I know you want to hear?" I was scared of the TRUTH. I never ...

Read the latest SIMPLE TRUTH from our featured professional contributor... "You can only become truly accomplished at something you love. Don't make money your goal. Instead, pursue the things you love doing, and then do them so well that people can't take their eyes off you." - Maya Angelou It seems you can't turn on the news without hearing some conversation about our present economic challenges. People are losing jobs, houses, and worse, their hope. Money struggles are all consuming, which is what drives my passion to ...