by Bud Megargee | Dec 15, 2025 | Articles
We all want “joy” in our life. Not the fleeting type that comes from a new gadget or a compliment, but the deep, steady kind. It is the type of pleasure that hums beneath our skin, even when life becomes messy. “Joy” is not gifted to us by circumstance or luck. It is...
by Bud Megargee | Dec 1, 2025 | Articles
I want to share something in this blog that has been sitting heavy on my heart lately – the weight of “anger.” Lately, there are times when I lash out, raise my voice, or just completely shut down. I have come to believe, often, that my “anger” is fear wearing armor....
by Bud Megargee | Nov 15, 2025 | Articles
AHA: “The sudden, electric clarity that slices through confusion like lightning through a darken sky.” (unknown) There are times when life speaks not with thunder, but in whispers. They are the moments when something clicks; not in our minds but in our soul. We call...
by Bud Megargee | Nov 1, 2025 | Articles
In our relationships, whether romantic, familial, or professional, we often find ourselves standing at the crossroads between “judgement” and understanding. How they intersect is key. “Judgement” is quick, reactive, and often rooted in fear or assumptions....
by Bud Megargee | Oct 20, 2025 | Articles
I have spent years wrestling with the hardest questions life can throw at us. “Can you forgive me?” stands above all others. This question demands more than just a yes or no. We are asked to not only face our deepest flaws, but bare our mistakes with the risk of...
by Bud Megargee | Oct 14, 2025 | Articles
I used to think that “betrayal” was something that others did to me. Each instance truly felt like a sharp, external wound inflected by a person(s) I trusted. And for years, I carried those scars like proof of my violated innocence. But as time passed, I began to...
Bud Megargee is a former senior behavioral healthcare executive; a Washington, DC., healthcare lobbyist; and an independently published, best-selling and award-winning author. He began writing after exploring Eastern philosophy and alternative medicine techniques in the professional treatment of emotional challenges at a Taiwanese Buddhist monastery.