On My Mind

  • The Three P’s, Reconsidered

    by Christina Whitney
    I’ve been thinking lately about the three P’s I’ve written about before—purpose, place, and passion. For a long time, I believed that if I could f...

  • Labor Day Reflection

    by Christina Whitney
    Labor Day always feels like the quiet closing of summer. For many, it marks a shift—kids returning to school, routines resuming, life rebalancing....

  • Choosing to See the Good & Beauty in Life

    by Christina Whitney
    Do you know why we so often notice the bad more than the good? It’s because goodness surrounds us so completely that we grow accustomed to it. It ...

  • The Obstacles That Block Us

    by Christina Whitney
    The greatest limits we face rarely come from the outside world—not from society, not from others—but from within ourselves. They come from the sto...

  • What We Can Control and What We Cannot: The Roles Shame and Guilt Play in Our Lives

    by Christina Whitney
    In the quiet minutes before I got out of bed this morning, familiar thoughts resurfaced—thoughts that, though not new, felt newly illuminated. I w...

  • Listening for Joy

    by Christina Whitney
    I have a busy mind. I live in my head a lot. As an artist, that’s often a gift—but it also makes stillness all the more precious. Meditation has b...

  • Strength

    by Christina Whitney
    Sometimes we think strength means being able to lift heavy things, face fear without flinching, or stand alone. And while those things may signal ...

  • Scattered, But Never Far

    by Christina Whitney
    My children seem to be scattered across the world these days—curious, brave, and full of wonder. I keep telling them how proud I am of their adven...

  • Learning to Sit in Silence

    by Christina Whitney
    Sometimes, when we’re uncomfortable—whether with a situation, ourselves, or our lives—it’s easier to fill the silence with noise than to simply si...

  • Letting Go

    by Christina Whitney
    I’ve said it before, but it’s worth saying again:Our best qualities often walk a fine line with our worst ones. One of mine is the ability to see b...

  • Resetting To Happiness

    by Christina Whitney
    We’re born happy. As babies and young children, happiness is our natural state—so long as our basic needs are met, joy flows effortlessly. Yet som...

  • Thinking, Doing & Failing Over & Over With Joy

    by Christina Whitney
    I’ve been designing my life rather than simply living it these past few years.Something shifted in me not too long ago—I realized I had been waiti...