A few years ago, I had a perfectly good, well-paying job that put my skills in digital marketing to use. I had a supportive boss and team, great friends at work, and I wasn’t working crazy hours or […]
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“What is my life right now?” I found myself uttering this question as I sat in the parking lot of a well-established gentleman’s club in the Chicagoland area. I asked myself these six words repeatedly throughout my five-month
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“To think is easy. To act is difficult. To act as one thinks is the most difficult.” – Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe So many people wake up in the morning to a crazy buzzing alarm clock, hit the
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Life is a grindstone. But whether it grinds us down or polishes us up depends on us. – Thomas L. Holdcroft A few years ago, I found myself out of work and very dispirited. I had been applying
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Early in life, I learned to view my body as a sort of prison. While other little girls spent time playing and living carefree young lives, I struggled my way through ballet class– attempting to forcefully train my
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“What you resist, persists” – Carl G. Jung Mid-year is the time of the year I find myself needing a boost. In the beginning of the year, we’re still buzzing with energy from our holidays and ready to
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“Nothing gives a fearful man more courage than another’s fear.” – Umberto Eco Growing up I was extremely shy. I didn’t have many friends in elementary and middle school and rarely opened up to anyone. I didn’t even
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“Anxiety’s like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn’t get you very far.” ― Jodi Picoult In the past, I felt as if anxiety were a force that could never be reasoned with.
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“Everybody has their own Mount Everest they were put on this earth to climb.” – Seth Godin When I graduated high school, I set a goal for myself: to write a novel. However, between moving to a new
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“It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are.” – E.E. Cummings Married. That was my place, once before. Every day I fulfilled my role as the loyal and good wife while carrying my little
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Men’s natures are alike; it is their habits that separate them. – Confucius Life is a funny thing. There is no road map. The best we can do is hope for a strong upbringing, surrounded by a good
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