Category: advice
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Finding My Own Definition Of Being Beautiful
I’m sitting on a beach in a chair, feeling the ocean breeze the sand beneath my toes, and I can smell salt water, and it’s the perfect summer day. But I have often wondered what it might be like to live under the sea like a mermaid. Maybe I would be a sea turtle and…
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Life From A Teenager’s Mind
This is not an article that you were hoping it would be; rather, it’s like a diary entry that most of us can relate to. Confused, engulfed with emotions, indecisive, recession or what we can; depression are some common problems among everyone. What differs is that some have more and some face less of these…
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Making Life A 2 Percent Problem
In my early twenties, a friend of mine who is ten years older than me said, “It’s either a 98% problem or a 2% problem.” At the time, I didn’t fully appreciate the years of wisdom she had just bestowed upon me as I didn’t fully understand. Fast forward to my late thirties, and the…
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Pushing Past Limitations And Fears
Fear, self-doubt, and limited beliefs are a stifling combination that keeps one bound to the endless possibilities that await beyond the mind’s eye. Often, it is too hard to see beyond what we live day in and day out. Our beliefs about what we can achieve start at a young age because of what parents,…
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How To Be Happy After Graduating
Today, my former boarding school roommate asked me why I was packing my bags and going to Bucharest, Romania, for two months. “That’s so random!” she said in her voice message, betraying the curiosity in her voice and a tinge of concern. After all, she’s the one who always wanted to leave our home country…
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Finding Out What Makes Me Happy
I’ll start with a disclaimer: I’m genuinely content and grateful for my current roles as a wife, mom, and Realtor. I wouldn’t change my family life for anything. However, there are moments when I realize I’ve forgotten what makes me, Ranice, happy. This happens because I dedicate myself entirely to my husband and children. Here’s…
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Break Up, But Not Make Up
Let’s do it, let’s talk about it. Let’s talk about breaking up. For the most part, we have all experienced a breakup. We have either been the ones breaking it off or the ones seeking homage in our rooms from being dumped. This experience is horrible but you will make it through. I just experienced…
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Authenticity
It is through your truths, your valued authentic self, that you will live life to the fullest. This is not about impressing your neighbor or bending someone else’s ideology to fit into your perspective, but to shine so bright that others only see you as your true self. It is in the moments we are…
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Here Is Why… You Should Be Kind To Yourself
According to the Cambridge Dictionary, three qualities describe a kind person: generous, helpful, and thinking about people’s feelings. Interestingly, the other interpretation refers to a group with similar characteristics or a particular type. What if those definitions are related? What if kindness is not a matter of a certain person’s behavior anymore? Had kindness become…
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Let’s Live In Peace
My grandma used to tell me all the time; “Nora, be a man’s peace”. I always thought to myself what about my peace? Grandma’s advice was missing an important element in her statement, and that element was herself. In the 1940s and 50s, gender roles were very strict, however, the connections between the couples are…