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4 Types Of Friends You Need To Cut From Your Life
When friends become foes. If you’re trying to detox and declutter your life as part of your New Year’s resolutions, making over your apartment and eating clean may be a good start, but cutting the dead...
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Why I Started Stealing And Became A Kleptomaniac
My disdain for overpriced retail was palpable. The first thing I ever stole was a thong when I was 16. It was the first one I’d ever worn and once I tried it on in the Target fitting room, I realized...
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Giving Up On Love Made Me Happier Than I Could’ve Imagined
Love isn’t what I used to think it was. Near the end of my marriage, when my husband and I were half-heartedly going to therapy and I was secretly, nervously, excitedly planning my new life, I remember...
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9 Ways To Beat Your Addiction To Literally Anything
It’s not easy – and you can do it. When we hear the word ‘addiction’, the first thing most of us probably think of is substance abuse. If someone is an ‘addict’, we often assume they have a drinking...
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Why It’s Okay To Feel Really Lonely
Loneliness can be your friend. When I was 17, my dad and stepmother split up and sold our house, leaving me to find a place to live on my own. I moved into a tiny apartment downtown and ended up living...
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19 Things You Only Do With Your Best Friend
Because you know she loves you no matter what. Romantic partners are nice and all, but let’s face it: there are times when you want your best friend, not your boyfriend, to be there for you. With a...
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7 Ways To Stop Giving A Sh*t About What Other People Think Of You
Your new mantra: DGAF. All of us worry what other people think of us, at least sometimes. It’s human nature to want to fit in, be liked, and feel accepted by our peers. But if your concern over how...
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Are You Rejecting Yourself Before People Have A Chance To Reject You?
If you keep telling people you’re not good enough, they’ll eventually believe you. I once paid a life coach a few hundred dollars to tell me to write ‘you are enough’ on a Post-It note and put it...
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Needing Medication Doesn’t Make You a Failure
Taking care of yourself is never a failing. One of the most difficult things I’ve ever had to come to terms with is that the way I view the world is inherently broken. I like to compare it to when I...
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8 Signs You Have An Obsessive Personality (And How To Curb It)
Are you enthusiastic – or are you obsessed? If you’ve ever lost an hour (or five) scrolling through your ex’s social media feed, turned down a brunch invitation because you just had to get your daily...
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Learning to Love Myself Made Me Distrust Other People
The path to self-love was fraught with second guessing. Loving yourself is hard. Like, really really hard. While I appreciate all those slogans out there telling people they should love their bodies or...
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It May Be Time to Ditch Your Coping Mechanisms
We can’t just cope forever. Eventually we have to heal. Sometimes when life lobs you with the tough stuff all you can focus on is surviving. It’s a perfectly normal thing to do after trauma. Maybe you...
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A Letter To Myself As A Victim Of Childhood Sexual Abuse
My heart now understands how brave you were to go on with your life and not fall apart. Dear Child, Oh, how much I long to give you a giant hug. Your world has turned upside down right now. Coming from...
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My Job Husband’s Job As A Restaurant Critic Is Pretty Much Like Sex Work
There are an eerie number of similarities. I’ve been the partner of an award-winning restaurant critic for the last 16 years. Literally everyone we meet thinks restaurant criticism is a dream job, but...
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9 Ways To Get Through A Bad Bout Of Anxiety
After a while, you get good at riding the waves. If you live with chronic anxiety, you’re not alone. An estimated 40 million adults suffer from some type of anxiety, according to the Anxiety and...
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What Your Birth Order Says About Your Personality
Baby, oldest, middle, only – what’s the difference? I’ve always been fascinated by personality assessments; I’ll take any quiz or read any theory that purports to enlighten me about myself. Astrology,...
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The Myth of Being Over Depression
You only ever really temporarily come up for air before being pulled back under. “I used to have depression, but I’m over it now.” This is what I’d say when talking to my friends about depression or...
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It Took Me Years To Realize I Deserve Good Things
Sometimes we have to hit rock bottom before we realize how far we’ve fallen. I hate the word normal. There’s no such thing. Or rather, what’s normal to me will be abnormal to someone else. Remember...
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17 Things You Stop Giving A Damn About Once You Turn 40
Getting older is actually the best… Certain things start to matter more as you get older – putting a retirement savings plan in place, being screened for diseases and conditions you’re more prone to...
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How To Be Your Own Best Friend
Because you deserve the best. Friends are important. They boost you up when you’re blue, serve as a touchstone to remind you who you are, and nudge you to be your best self. But the closest friend...
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