Thanks to K’s Hand that she sent last week, I’ve modified my own. There were some things that were bugging me with my Hand: Putting Financial Wellness as a subset of Body in the thumb of Be Well...

What I appreciate about The Hand that was sent in is that it shows flexibility. This person has taken The Hand and made it Their Hand. For comparison, here's My Hand: . And here is a Dear Reader's...

We have a Hand! It's fun to see how someone else is using the model—you'll see on Sunday! If you were thinking about sending in Your Hand but didn't want to be the only one, you won't be! I figure...

The Hand is complete, but there are a couple of flourishes I like to add. Above The Hand, I write my word of the year. For 2026, that’s ‘animal,’ a reminder that I’m not a head on a stick. Below the...

Like the pinky finger, people often minimize this area of life: Play. Play is whatever is play for you, things you love to do so much that when you do them, time is meaningless. For me, two of those...

The ring finger has an obvious alignment for an area of life: Love Is there really a blood vessel that runs directly from the ring finger to the heart? I guess it doesn’t matter—our culture has made...