Last night I was lying in bed thinking about my friend Jen who died nearly three months ago. I was also thinking about my mother who died six and a half years ago. I was missing them..

We welcome Claudia Anderson for a second time to Life, for instance! Claudia, who blogs here tells a story we can all relate to at times. Do you pay attention to your dreams? I woke up in a..

“You miss 100% of the shots you never take.” Wayne Gretzky Follow your passion. Has there ever been a time in recorded history where we heard this advice as much as we’re hearing it now? When I..

We are happy to welcome Jeremy Hicks who has been an active member of the lifeforinstance community since its launch in November. He also works at Livefyre, the amazing commenting system we use here. We appreciate his..

As we make this journey in the direction of our dreams, I wonder; what constitutes “there”? How do we know when we’ve made it? What tells us that we’ve arrived? Joseph Campbell said to follow your bliss, however bliss-following..

My sister and I shared a one-bedroom apartment for a year when we were both single. We would lie in our beds at the end of the day and talk. After a while she would always say,..

I think you need to know who you are before you can know what you want to do in life. When I was in my first year of university my aunt used to caution me not to..

Christmas morning, the first day of vacation, the birth of a child or grandchild – these things definitely qualify as good days. But most days are ordinary days, aren’t they? One night, three years after my mother died,  I..

I believe life is a grand adventure. You never know what is going to happen later on today, let alone tomorrow. We have successes and frustrations; accomplishments and struggles; joys and times of eating ice-cream right out..