Are you overworking yourself? This blog shares the importance of balancing work-time and fun-time!

I grew up 4 years behind a straight A’s, teachers favorite, genius sister, so growing in her shadow was challenging. It took me years to understand this one thing: success is relative. We spend our lives comparing ourselves to others: peers, social media influencers, friends, family, everyone. We must remember to not evaluate our success based on the accomplishments of others but the adversity we face and the growth that follows.

The Hero's Journey has been so popularized, my daughter refers to it as cliche (a gut punch to a once psychology turned English major). So, let’s talk about the journey as it was before it became part of an assignment-- a story. Before psychology and English professors jumped on the bandwagon, the Hero’s Journey was our pocket manual on how to become better humans. It taught us how to use each part of our lives as a pathway toward integrity.

’m sitting in the back of a long room with 3 successful business professionals answering questions about what their college degrees have to do with their current career path. (Spoiler alert: Each of them aren’t doing anything related to their undergrad degree!!) As one of the professionals states, our purpose as students is to “chill and learn” . It's as if my entire college experience flashed before my eyes. Instead of feeling nostalgic about the past four years, I found myself feeling moments of regret.

Being a freshman in college can be tough enough, but add a pandemic and it’s a whole new ball game. Sydney opens up about what her first semester at Auburn University was like, and some advice she has for others in the same situation.

Need tips and tricks to staying organized for the switch to online school? Learn from a Shine alumni and how she’s taking control of her online school organization!

Hear how being a part of the Shine Summit Squad (the planning team) formed a high school girl into the woman she is today!

Maddie Quinonez shares her story of depression and reminds us all to care for each other and, most of all, care for ourselves. Read about how Maddie has become a survivor of depression.

Elizabeth Billings opens up about how her college experience has been shaped by her own mentality and those that surround her! Find the tips that helped her make her experience her OWN!