Freedom & Mental Health

The holidays don’t have to feel heavy. Plan within your budget, choose shared experiences, scatter small kindnesses, communicate clearly, and lead your kids to give. Choose purpose over pressure and enjoy a meaningful Christmas.

Holiday cheer can feel like a test. This take names the pressures, reframes the comparison trap, and points to purpose as the path to joy, with one simple first step you can start this season.

At a prison graduation, 16 men faced their mugshots, then their future. We all have one. Owning it is the path to honesty, healing, and real freedom. Here’s why showing yours matters.

Every week I visit some inmates in prison. When I am around them, I feel like I am around good friends. The atmosphere is contagious. You can feel the freedom and authenticity in the room. When I visited last week, I saw their mugshots. In that image was a portal into their past. In their

Finding Vision in the Most Unexpected Places I visit a prison on Thursdays and meet with about 15 inmates to talk about freedom and purpose. That may sound unique, but these conversations are powerful. These men may live in prisons, but they have insights about life that we all need to hear. Last week, a

I often ask people, “What do you want from life?” Many times I hear people say, “I just want to be happy.” It doesn’t sound like a lofty life ambition, but when happiness eludes us…the necessity of it is evident.  It seems that happiness has become hard to find. Some people may argue the difference

I sat in a circle of friends today and we discussed the topic of freedom. It was incredible. Freedom is one of the most powerful longings of the human heart. That is why the topic is also scary. When we have no freedom it becomes difficult to talk about. Deep down we fear that we