No matter how much we love someone, they can do and say things that irritate us, or even arouse some intense feelings of anger. In those moments, it’s tempting to demand an apology. Of course, some of us prefer to ignore our irritation, hoping it will go away. But either strategy, cheats us of the …
When did you first hear those words? I can’t tell you how old I was or what I was doing when I first heard my mother direct those words at me. Had I peed my pants? Or perhaps hit my sister? Or broken a toy? Who knows. But the power of those three words was …
My friend Dr. Phil Zimbardo says, we are experiencing a “demise of guys.” In his TED Talk by the same name, he tells us that boys are 30% more likely to drop out of school than girls are. They are also less likely to obtain a college degree. Boys comprise two thirds of the special …
. . . will feel empowered to speak openly about it. That’s why I do. I want to model a world free of shame. I don’t make any secret of the fact that I worked as a high-end escort from 1989 to 2004. You can read all about it in Veronica in Her Own Words. But this …
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