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You May Not Be as Much of a Failure as You Think

A couple of weeks ago, a friend told me, “I’m failing at everything. My job isn’t what I hoped it would be. I feel alone and distant from my friends and family. I feel like I’ve failed.” At one point I asked him, “What if success isn’t the point?” Let’ …

5 Ways to Celebrate a Milestone Birthday

I loved turning 30. It wasn’t because by that age I’d accomplished all that I had hoped; I was single, expecting to have been married years earlier. It wasn’t because I relished reminders that within a decade I’d reach middle age. I loved my 30th birth …

Embracing (And Chasing) My Life

I turned 40 recently. People tell me that I don’t look 40, and I certainly don’t feel 40. But … I’m 40 and I’m learning to embrace my story as it continues to unfold — with all of its twists and turns. To say that life has turned out a little differe …

3 Ways Friends Can Help Your Relationship

I was around 26 when I learned that “Help” was a Beatles song. Until then, well … to my knowledge, it was simply a tune Full House used in a Season 2, Episode 1 montage. Go ahead and take a moment to snicker at this painful confession. If I were you, I …

The Thing We Can’t Afford to Hate

I hated riding the bus when I was a kid. It wasn’t just that I barfed one of the many times I got carsick — it was being crowded in there with a bunch of sweaty kids, riding for 45 minutes, and hearing the elderly bus driver scream, “Jennicka!!” at thi …

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