Little Detours

“We” just might be the most powerful word in the dictionary. “We” can topple a government. “We” can conquer cancer. “We” can fly to the moon and back.

Find out how to become a Guardian of the Galaxy and grow your ‘we.’

The survivors of Apartheid taught the Rev. Mark Simone to choose goodness over happiness, to elevate others and to remember that joy is the heart of the human soul.

Mark talks about white privilege and how to validate others and about the liver transplant that saved his life.

Foster child. Alcoholic. Marine. Vietnam War vet. Cancer survivor. Glenn Proctor survived it all with grace, gratitude and grit.

He offers tips on how to carry your own water, get your life out of first gear and believe and love the person you see in the mirror every day.

One word. That’s all it takes to change your life. But which word?

Instead of making resolutions to change everything in your life, just choose one word. It could be Hope, Faith, Savor, Bask, Dance or Be.

Find out how to choose one word to be your compass point, your North Star, your X on the target of life.

During this pandemic, we could all use a little more hope. Where do you find hope? In the kindness of strangers. In Psalm 43. In Van Gogh blue skies. In nature, which never loses hope. Tips for finding hope and hanging on to it.

If you want to give a child sweet dreams, give a child a bed.

As Exec. Dir. of Cleveland Furniture Bank, Tom Gaghan has given beds to 8, 500 children who once slept on the floor or a couch.

He was downsized after 31 years with C.E.I. Then he lost half of his I.R.A. in a stock market slide.

Tom found a new career and helped launch the Cleveland Furniture Bank,

So many books, so little time. The pandemic has given us the gift of time. Suzanne DeGaetano can help you choose the right book for you and for those you love.

Grief needs an exit ramp.

Grief comes in waves, some gentle, some with the force of a tsunami. The deeper you loved, the larger the grief.

Give grief an exit ramp through tears, talking, writing and sharing stories with others.

As a music therapist, Sarah Maxwell comforts the sick and dying. She shares what the dying have taught her about how to live, love and comfort yourself.

Katie O’Toole Smith and Regina share their tips on how to make gratitude a daily practice so that what you already have is always more than enough.