Colleen Waterston — Big Shared World

Literal Shyft was honored to sit down over Skype with Colleen Waterston of Big Shared World. Over the course of 15 months, Colleen traveled to 40 countries, and met with over 700 people, in order to ask them all the same three questions about their values, thoughts…

The Next Step

Watching Literal Shyft grow over the past several months has been nothing but pure joy. Since we launched in May, we have steadily added a host of brilliant and generous authors who have shared deeply personal content. Our readership continues to grow. There is a profound feeling of satisfaction — we…

How to Float to the Top

When I am at a party, the question I dislike the most is “What do you do?” I often challenge the other person by responding, “I live joyously and consciously. That is what I do.” But the very idea of living joyously and consciously is hard to grasp, let alone sustain, amid the demands…

In Search of Your Soul

“Somewhere on the journey to progress, we seem to have lost our soul.”

Kerplunk! Buzz kill!

I remembered that sentence from an article by Homaira Kabir about the need for awe in the workplace. I don’t remember much else, but that line…

Who Is Really Hurting?

Life is a series of choices.

As a parent you want to guide your child to make the best choices when inevitable challenges and uncomfortable emotions arise.

As much as you may want to, you cannot protect your child from everything. Your…

Making It Matter

“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.” — Margaret Mead

Frequently we don’t take action because we’re not sure the effort will actually matter.

Relationship Problems With Your Soulmate?

Anyone who finds themselves in a dysfunctional relationship will either try to make their soulmate “perfect” by changing them, or try to change themselves to be the “perfect” partner.

To Breathe or Not to Breathe…

Time to take a minute to breathe. Exhale. Now breathe again. Today you’ve breathed for five minutes, taken 35 breaths, with an average heart rate of 66 BPM. Congratulations!

Breathe again?

On Being Brave

We all have that one defining moment in our lives, the moment where we must choose between remaining fearful or taking a risk. We may not even remember when it happened, because we were so young. But we all learned to stand, walk, and ride a bike so we all faced and overcame a fear at some point.