Helaina Hovitz Regal

Instead of sleeping in on weekends or soaking up as much sleep as she can on school days, 14-year-old Ava Calise wakes up early—around 6 a.m.—to administer morning medication to her foster dogs. Once that’s done, she moves on to her work physically helping them get to their temporary homes, assisting with everything from their […]

 I got to breathe the same air as Deepak for the first this week, and it was delicious. Being a student of mindfulness, Buddhism and meditation, I first heard the name when he partnered with Oprah years ago, but I’d never witnessed it all in person. Along with theoretical physicist Leonard Mlodinow, I walked away […]

Since graduating in 2011, my mission has been to bring important, meaningful, helpful and inspiring positive news stories to the world. There is good in the world, and it’s people that make that good possible. For years, these stories have been a tough sell to mainstream media, but I plowed ahead as a journalist, editor, […]