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Tired of selling yourself down the river? Create your ideal date instead

A sales rep from YourTango, we’ll call her Lisa, found https://experience.tripster.ru/tours/russia/sankt-peterburg-i-leningradskaya-oblast/ online and convinced me what an asset I’d be to their list of experts (yes I fell prey to this sales tactic).  As an introvert herself my voice really … Continue reading

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Don’t answer the phone!

Whenever my mom hears the phone ring she emphatically yells “Get the phone.  The phone.  Get the phone!”  She could be in the basement doing laundry yet she challenges those 80-year old legs and runs up the stairs to grab … Continue reading

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Lightness of being as we strip away false notions

As I was browsing through the few remaining items in a Takoma Park store Now and Then, which is closing it’s doors, my eyes landed on the title of a book “I will not die an unlived life: Reclaiming purpose … Continue reading

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Discarding your false self and embarking on an interior journey

Last night my partner read me an excerpt from a book she is reading entitled My Love Affair with England by Susan Allen Toth.  The passage describes the author’s change in seasons – where she turned 50 and began to … Continue reading

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Prioritizing Part II: Washington Post Article

Staying on the theme of prioritizing what is most important to you here is a relevant article I wrote for the Washington Post where I tell a story about the Energizer bunny and Esther, my adviser in graduate school.  Esther’s … Continue reading

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