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My 82-year-old mother was browsing at a thrift store and found a large brightly colored scarf. Intrigued by her find, she walked to the front counter and asked, “Excuse me, could you tell me what to do with this?” The woman at the desk said, “Oh! What a lovely scarf! There are so many things…

This is my 11th year teaching. Each year, I get several hundred anonymous reviews from students: at mid-semester and after the semester ends. There is one that I have a hard time forgetting. An anonymous person said it would be nice if I had better style. Then they followed it up with: “She does a…

Time to sit down and ask yourself some fun questions: Who do you want to be? What do you want to do? What career sounds amazing to you? When you come up with some answers, do something fun next. Act as if. When I was younger, I worked in advertising. I thought I would love…

“Beating yourself up” means thinking negative thoughts in your head or saying them out loud. Thoughts like these can be extremely damaging and sneaky: I’m not good enough (this is the one I struggle with the most!) I’m so overwhelmed I’m out of shape I can’t do it Notice how all four are violent. They are…

When I was growing up, my mother bought fruit, but it would sit in the refrigerator and often go bad. It would make her so frustrated: “I buy all this nice expensive fruit and you girls never eat it!” But sometimes, she’d cut up a juicy orange, put it on a plate, and walk away.…