Guest blog post by Brenda Slavin,
Coach and Creator of Elements of Your Life

Ironically, the time we crave inner peace the most, is when our  circumstances peak at their very worse.

We find ourselves getting caught up in the stress, anxiety, and worry as a result of our circumstances. 

A prayer attributed to St. Theresa of Lisieux:

May today there be peace within.
May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

In war we often see only the frontline stories of soldiers and combat.

AT TEDGlobal 2010, Zainab Salbi tells powerful "backline" stories of women who keep everyday life going during conflicts, and calls for women to have a place at the negotiating table once fighting is over.

An amazing talk by an amazing woman...

Lesley Hazleton sat down one day to read the Koran. And what she found -- as a non-Muslim, a self-identified "tourist" in the Islamic holy book -- wasn't what she expected.

With serious scholarship and warm humor, Hazleton shares the grace, flexibility and mystery she found, in this myth-debunking talk from TEDxRainier.