What snackers want in 2026 (according to 60 million social posts)
2026-05-03
From shrinkflation outrage to the rise of rice crackers: what 60 million social posts tell snack brands about 2026 consumers.Continue Reading
What If 2026 Could Actually Be Different?
2025-12-23
I’ve never believed that change should be reserved for special days, but the New Year tends to carry a sense of promise. It often brings a surge of clarity, motivation, and hope that maybe things really could be different.Continue Reading
5 Unexpected Ways to Find the Right Mate
2024-11-01
Your new life is going to cost you your old one. It’s going to cost you your comfort zone and your sense of direction. It’s going to cost you relationships and friends. It’s going to cost you being liked and understood. It doesn’t matter. The people who are meant for you are going to meet you on the other side. You’re going to build a new comfort zone around the things that actually move you forward. Instead of being liked, you’re going to be loved. Instead of being understood, you’re going to be seen. All you’re going to lose is…Continue Reading
How Slowing Down Helped Me Reclaim My Dreams
2024-10-15
Are you the owner? asks, well, yet another customer at our local Italian eatery. Nope I’m just old! I reply, all sheepish but pleased.
It’s true. At fifty, I’m not exactly your classic, college-struggling part-timer. Actually, I’m the oldest employee at our restaurant—the staff “mom,” if you will. I’ve been at this serving gig three years now and haven’t looked back. Which might seem weird considering how I got here in the first place. What a contrast to the world I once lived in.Continue Reading
My Path to Purpose and an Unexpected Impact
2024-08-17
I wanted to be Mary Tyler Moore’s “Mary Richards” TV character from the 1970s. She had exactly what I wanted: independence and an exciting life! But growing up as the first girl in a traditional Italian family, I knew she was not the right role model. Nonetheless, I ignored the expected path (much to my parents’ dismay) and spent twelve years in corporate America becoming Mary. That is, until two questions rocked my world. I dramatically left my job, career, and Mary for a more purposeful path that was mine, and I never looked back.Continue Reading
The Illusion people are chasing
2024-01-21
In a society driven by consumerism, it’s easy to get caught up in the allure of material possessions and wealth. We are bombarded with images of celebrities living seemingly perfect lives, surrounded by luxury and excess.Continue Reading
What Happened When I Tried (And Failed) to Quit Instagram
2018-10-18
My name is Amanda, and I’m addicted to Instagram. Hi, Amanda. The thing is, I have an issue with Likes. As is the case with many other Instagram users, I get a small sense of glee when people Like my posts. But jealousy eventually started creeping in. “Why does thisContinue Reading
The Well-Rounded Millennial: Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise
2017-10-09
We’re now living in the generation of millennials—a breed of talented, passionate, independent, and tech-savvy individuals who’ve been setting the world on fire. Demographically speaking, more than 30 percent of the Philippines’s population is comprised of millennials. By 2020, statistics predict that at least 50 percent of the global workforceContinue Reading