It’s not uncommon for people who are unemployed to experience a loss of self-esteem, which can cause you to become disconnected from your gifts. This can present a problem since you need to be connected to your skills and strengths in an interview with a potential employer. Here’s an exercise to help build your self-esteem…

Sometimes our money problems are merely a symptom of another problem. When this is the case, I have found that simply acquiring more money may only provide temporary relief…and is more like a band-aid than a cure. In fact, if we don’t address “the cause” of our money issues, suddenly acquiring a lot more money,…

Two years ago, we lost the legendary Larry Stewart, the Secret Santa who gave over 1.3 million away anonymously over the course of 27 years. But before he died, he revealed his identity and recruited a friend to follow in his footsteps. Now, his appointed Secret Santa has hand-picked about 20 other Secret Santa’s to…

O sweet Child of Bethlehem, grant that we may share with all our hearts in this profound mystery of Christmas. Put into the hearts of men and women this peace for which they sometimes seek so desperately and which you alone can give to them. Help them to know one another better, and to live…

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