“I used to numb my feelings and hide; and now I feel my feelings, and I share.” -Glennon Doyle Melton Glennon Doyle Melton has a brutal history, but a beautiful life—a “brutiful” life, she calls it. Because life is not without it’s ups and downs. And each of us, like Glennon, longs to share our…
Category: Inspiration
What One Man Does Will Have You In Tears
WARNING! This wonderful little commercial will have you reaching for the tissues. Hopefully, it will also encourage you to do little acts of kindness. Little things always produce great things. 🙂
How To Be Unhappy
There is a lot of advice given in blogs, popular psychology books, and even religious teachings about how to be happy. I figured we could really use some balance in this regard, and so will devote this column to teaching you how to be unhappy. Though many of you feel like you are already good…
Confronting Feelings of Shame
“Vulnerability is the birthplace of creativity, innovation, and change.” – BrenĂ© Brown All of us deal with feelings of guilt and shame. These feelings are the underlying reason behind many of our broken behaviors and flawed thinking. In this fantastic talk, scholar and author BrenĂ© Brown discusses how we can confront our feelings of shame as well…
Will You Get Your Hands Dirty?
After moving to Grand Junction Colorado this last year, I began working as a chimney sweep. Since then, I have cleaned quite a few chimneys. And you may find this surprising, but cleaning chimneys has been an enlightening experience. A chimney allows us to burn a fire indoors without smoking ourselves out. If we want…
To Want Little is to Have Everything
I’m about to tell you how to get everything you want in this life. You may think that this is a joke or that I am about to sell you something you don’t need, but I mean quite sincerely that I will tell you how to get everything you want. In fact, it is only…
Transcending Ourselves
Why are we here in this life? The answer is as simple as this: to transcend ourselves. First, what does it mean to transcend ourselves? a.)  To transcend means to rise above, go beyond, overpass, or exceed. b.) To transcend ourselves means to act differently in the present moment – in a more positive way –  than we…
Why You Will Never Find Happiness
Happiness is the one thing we all want most in this life, and something I bet you are searching for it right now. If so, well…I hate to be the one to tell you this, but you’re never going to find happiness. The fact that you are even looking for happiness means that you don’t…
EXCLUSIVE Interview Kweku Mandela
In January, ForwardWalking.com had the amazing opportunity to interview Kweku Mandela, grandson of Nelson Mandela. In this video, Kweku talks about his involvement with the film Beyond Right and Wrong, and shares some insight as to how his grandfather was able to inspire peace and forgiveness in South Africa. Beyond Right & Wrong follows victims of…