Recovering from hip surgery (and really any challenge) takes a mind-body balance that can be hard to master. Letting go, breathing, and...

By Kiara LeBouton (Kiara is a senior in high school in the Midwest and is a fellow hopeful hippie! She posted before her surgery. She...

The difference between being hopeful and not is the ability to "quiet the chatter". Two of my favorite yogis, although they don't know...

Hip surgery is serious business, but sometimes you just need to have a great almost pee your pants laugh once in a while. One of those...

I am very directionally challenged. My brain does not think in north, south, east and west, but rather up, down, left and right. The most...

You will be okay!

The sound that “umph” makes, in my mind, just seems like hard work. It is the beginning of the journey when the destination seems light...

Just an early week reminder, that it is important to plant the seed of hope and progress. Please don't let your seeds of fatigue, stress...

Wow! It’s been 33 or so years from one of the most difficult classes that I took in college. Chemistry by any other name is trouble, in...

"Over the course of our lives, situations will arise that can sometimes seem insurmountable. When I'm faced with obstacles and life seems...

Author: Julie Urban is a full-time mom to two daughters, a freelance writer, and a former high school teacher. I sit here at the computer...

I know, I know...you are scratching your head (and maybe your hip) wondering how does a frog who is green and jumps the same as a hip...

By Bill Apalbasa, Guest Blogger and Author for Hope and Optimism (Check out his website http://theother999rooms.squarespace.com/) Bill...

Kiara LeBouton (Kiara is a high school senior from the Midwest who wrote this prior to her surgery. She has the insightfulness of an...