Brittney Herman received her Juris Doctor degree from Brigham Young University Law School. Currently, she works as a faculty member at Brigham Young University Law School while also earning an advanced law degree at Georgetown University Law Center. Brittney founded a...
Give Life a Chance – A Personal Reflection on Suicidal Ideation
For several years I have been doing research and writing about anxiety and depression and related issues that affect a large percentage of our populous. These issues have had an especially profound impact on the rising generations. Our teens and 20 to 30-somethings,...
COVID Road Trip
I’ve always loved a road trip. In the age of COVID, they are becoming the best way to escape for a little while; gas is cheap and personal time is more abundant—or at least less “directed” for most of us. With that in mind, I volunteered to help a good friend (who is...
The Conundrum of FAITH
One of today’s conundrums that people wrestle with is the topic of faith, religion, or spirituality. The younger generations, who say they are “spiritual but not religious,” are finding their spirituality anywhere other than a traditional setting. Much research has...
Millennials, Money, and Purpose
I have had many long conversations with the rising generation regarding money and what we call financial fitness. I have enjoyed being a judge in collegiate entrepreneurial contests and hearing firsthand their dreams and aspirations. I have employed more than 10,000...
What Now? – Hope for a Positive Culture of Diversity, Equality, and Health
In a world that has been anxious over COVID-19, the economy, and now cries for equality and social justice, where can we find hope for a more positive culture of diversity, equality, and health? What can we do to alleviate the suffering, judgment, and unrest that is...
Cafeteria Spirituality
In a study of how millennials and the rising generation seek out meaning, it may surprise you to learn what is displacing organized religion in their lives. "How We Gather," a study by Angie Thurston and Casper ter Kuile, researchers at Harvard Divinity School, found...
Listening Without Haste is a Powerful Medicine
It doesn’t seem that hard to figure out, but it’s often difficult to learn how to listen with real intent. Why? Because our modern lives have swallowed up the time to care about the details of caring; the time needed to think beyond ourselves and to listen intently...
Transform Yourself—Be A Seeker
I had an inkling to pay a visit to an old friend who I had not had occasion to visit for many moons. I will call him “Sam.” I arrived at his simple home. He lives in an older area of town. He repairs automobiles from his small garage at his home. His profession has...
The Meaning of Your Mission – Helping a Missionary Who Returns Early
Drew Young is a native of the east coast, growing up in Connecticut, and now resides in Utah with his wife and daughter. He studied at Brigham Young University where he helped in teaching and developing curriculum for various student development courses and is the...