Dave Santulli

Founder and Executive Director, United Planet

Whether you are a student just setting out on your life's path, a professional who might be struggling in a job you may or may not love or a retiree looking to start again, find your purpose -- find your passion and follow it.

Rachael Freed

Author; Founder, Life-Legacies

Beauty nourishes life. Let's let our beautiful words awaken our loved ones to the beauty in their lives. Let's be aware that as we express the myriad ways beauty enriches our lives, we participate with the sun in beautifying these long last days of summer.

Christine Eilvig

Founder, The Spiritual Salon; Best-selling author; Speaker; Spiritual Mentor

It takes a great deal of courage to throw ourselves into things we haven't tried before and glide with life without knowing where it leads us

Christine Carter, PhD

sociologist, productivity & happiness coach, author of Raising Happiness

Tremendous effort can compensate for modest skill, just as tremendous skill can compensate for modest effort, but not if either is zero.

Valerie Alexander

Author, 'Happiness as a Second Language'

Instead of fixating on how much you dread a task, and forcing yourself to do it first, try changing your mindset about the supposedly unpleasant thing you have to do. Decide in advance that performing that job will make you happy, then come up with a list of all the ways that will happen.

Erin Cox

Mom of three and author of 'One Hot Mama: The Guide to Getting Your Mind and Body Back After Baby'

Stay strong and persevere. Don't let the hardships steal your joy or purpose. Experience the sadness, anger or whatever emotions that need to be expressed, then ask for clarity and direction.

Hale Dwoskin

Author, 'The Sedona Method'

Let go of the sense of wanting to change something and the unwanted pictures about it that you were holding in mind will dissolve, and then you'll courageously move into action to make the changes that are necessary.

Erin Cox

Mom of three and author of 'One Hot Mama: The Guide to Getting Your Mind and Body Back After Baby'

Self doubt and having moments of feeling like an imposter happen to everyone -- and I mean everyone! Think of the most accomplished and successful person you know. Yep, they've felt that way too. It's human nature.

Margaret Paul, Ph.D.

Bestselling author and relationship expert

No matter what has happened to us, we each have the free will to choose how to respond. Joshua Prager chose to respond to having his neck broken in a car accident at age 19 by continuing to embrace life.

Eva M. Selhub, M.D.

Medical Doctor, executive coach, motivational speaker, and author of The Love Response

How you perceive yourself influences more than you realize. It determines how you experience your life and more so, how you handle uncertainty and adversity.

Ryon Harms

Last week I quit my rewarding job at a respected company. I moved out of my dream place on the sand in Malibu. I left a life that took years of persistent work to create. Was it worth it? I'm not sure, but I'm heading full speed towards the answer.

Dr. Shelley Prevost

Co-founder and director of happiness at Lamp Post Group

Want a path to a life well-lived? Take time to nurture and savor your closest relationships.

Samantha Boardman MD

Psychiatrist, Writer and Blogger www.PositivePrescription.com

In other words, flow is the opposite of feeling bored, disconnected or meaningless -- all too common afflictions of modern life. Experts believe there is a direct relationship between flow experiences and well-being.

Ryon Harms

Thirteen years later, I sat in my office working a rewarding job, earning a decent income for my daughter and our future. But after reading that poem I glanced back at the performance report on my desk and then stared blankly out my window.