“Be proud of who you are, not ashamed of how someone else sees you.” ~Unknown “When was your last relationship?” my hairdresser asked as she twisted the curling wand into my freshly blow-dried hair. “Erm, around two years ago.” I lied. “Why did you break up?” she asked. “Oh, he had a lot of issues. […]
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Sara Ross has been writing letters her whole life. A letter that started with, “Dear work, I love you, but something has to change,” sent her on a journey. Despite loving the work she was doing, she felt totally overwhelmed. On this week’s episode, Ross and In the Details host Karen Allen discuss changing her
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Success is a slippery word. Ask a dozen people to define it, and you’ll receive 12 different answers, none of them wrong. Take a poll on how to find it, and hundreds of paths will suddenly appear amongst the trees. The right trail is always changing, multiplying and contracting—and is different for each of us.
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Mary Lawless Lee started Happily Grey, her fashion and lifestyle blog, while working as a critical care nurse. As the blog grew and attracted a large fan base, Lee transitioned to working in digital media full time. Growing up in a tiny rural town, Lee thought a woman had to check certain boxes before she
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Burned out from a career in retail, Lisa Harper sought refuge in sleepy coastal towns on the Baja California peninsula in Mexico. That was in the mid-1990s. A seasoned jet-setter, Harper had worked in leadership roles at The Limited as vice president of merchandising and design, Gymboree as chair and CEO, and Belk as CEO.
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William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar was warned to beware the Ides of March. The rest of us should probably shift that caution back by a month or two. January and February can be dark times. One reason for all this gloom? It’s around this time that many of us realize we aren’t living up to our
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Our school days are in the rearview mirror (for most of us). But that doesn’t mean that playground tiffs and faux friendships are also firmly in the past. Coming to a Zoom meeting or cubicle near you: your work frenemy. Full of good cheer and an inviting smile (so that you’ll share your thoughts in
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I’ve recently been reflecting on my relationship history and how often I did things I wasn’t comfortable with instead of speaking up. It would be easy to solely blame the men I’ve been with, but I’ve recognized I played a role by remaining silent instead of communicating my wants and needs and telling them when
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Remez Sasson February 2, 2023 5 Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get Your Job Done Success Consciousness Everyone procrastinates from time to time. However, there’s no getting around it. There are things to be done. As tempting as it might be to put off that looming homework assignment or that presentation, work or task, it’s
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