Valuing Progress Over Perfection
Perfect. Flawless. Filter. Top-of-the-line. Best. Unbeatable. Model. We live in a world where these descriptors seem to be the goal and anything less is unacceptable. "Model behavior." "Best in class."…
Top 10 Motivational Talks by Meg Johnson
Before being paralyzed, Meg was a ballroom dancer and professional party planner. Then a weekend trip changed it all and Meg was paralyzed on March 6, 2004 when she was…
Choose to Be Happy
"Happiness is a choice, so choose it!" So much of what face in life can be more easily handled by choosing a positive attitude. We can be happy through the…
Overcoming Pornography
Unfortunately, it's no longer a matter of "if" our children will be exposed to pornography, it's become a matter of "when". We’ve found some episodes from the Our Turtle House App that…
Navigating Life-Changing Experiences
Marriage. Divorce. Birth. Death. New job. Job loss. Back-to-school. Graduation. Pandemic. Peace. We live in time of constant evolution, where the only thing that's consistent about life is it's rapid…
Recognizing Self-Worth
A quick online search for "how to measure self-worth" will ultimately result in a wide variety of measuring suggestions. Here are some of the most popular we found: How influential/powerful…
How to Cope with Death and Grief
Is there anything more difficult in this life than dealing with the death of someone you love? While we, as members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints,…
Navigating Mental Health
Got a second? Good. Let's talk about mental health.Current statistics show that over 13% of the world's population are affected by mental health disorders.Depression and anxieties are some of the leading…
Dealing With Anger
There's some discussion about whether anger is a primary emotion or a learned behavior. Some believe that we are innately born with angry tendencies. Others believe that we have developed the…
Supporting The LGBTQ+ Community: Part 2
"Empathy is about standing in someone else's shoes, feeling with his or her heart, seeing with his or her eyes. Not only is empathy hard to outsource and automate, but…