Mental Negotiating the World as a Sensitive Person I learned recently about an insect called the trap-jaw ant. It has the fastest snapping jaw of any creature on Earth. A Nanea Hoffman Posted on November 10, 2019
Wellness The Boy In The Playroom When I was seven, I was healed by a miracle. That’s how my parents always told it. The night before, we’d had company. Nanea Hoffman Posted on July 23, 2019
Essays Personal Essay | Hard to Swallow Note: the following is a personal essay and as such reflects personal views of the author. The terrible news felt like a Guest Author Posted on July 16, 2017
Wellness Fill Your Own Bowl My children like to play this game called “Drive Mommy Slowly Insane By Expressing a Vague Desire and Then Rejecting Every Nanea Hoffman Posted on September 24, 2015
Mental Recalibration | The Persistent Optimist A week ago I was feeling ansty. Restless for paths not taken and parallel lives in which exciting dramas played out on the Jordan Rosenfeld Posted on April 20, 2015
Wellness Ballpark Grace & Flooded Bathrooms | Joyful Meditation If there’s anything I can’t stand, it’s people who commit the great sin of “should-ing.” You know who I mean. The ones who Nanea Hoffman Posted on March 17, 2015
Mental Sweatpants & Sanity | The Lesson Of The Travel Mug Lid What if you decided to take a closer look and turn the damn lid? What if you decided that hope is as simple as trying one Nanea Hoffman Posted on November 26, 2014
Wellness The Gifts Of Gratitude: A Look Back At 2013 As 2013 drew to a close, I saw everywhere the signs of relief. People were eager not just to close the door on the old year Nanea Hoffman Posted on January 1, 2014
Wellness What I’d Tell My Younger Self Supposedly, turning 50 is a major milestone in one’s life. It makes one re-evaluate their decisions, reflect on the paths not Richard Simms Posted on August 2, 2013