Being fully present defeats much of the overwhelm and stress in our lives, because it allows us to let our minds rest from everything else while we are engaged in what we are doing.

Purpose:  intended or desired result; the aim, goal, reason for which something is done or used. I may have received my first glimpse of self responsibility as a young child, when my mother looked me in the eyes and said, “I think you did that on purpose.”  Until that day, my misbehaviors had sneaked under [...]

Overwhelm is a great example of a good thing…gone bad!  Overwhelm results from being overcome in mind or feeling; from being overpowered with an excessive amount of anything.  Sometimes it’s a sign that we could be living a more fulfilling life. We enter a state of overwhelm when we exceed the tipping point…that point when even a [...]