Category: Fulfillment
These posts are designed to help you make each day more meaningful, be it through career advice, ways to find your passion, break out of a creative rut or find a hobby that inspires you.
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Shauna Niequist: Uncovering The ‘Pain Points’ In Your Everyday Life
Writer and author Shauna Niequist challenges us: What walls are you putting up? What’s keeping you from connecting with other people? What same mistakes or problems seem to be bubbling up in your life over and over again?
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Forgiveness Is Not Reconciliation
It was a simple enough statement — the kind you could easily overlook in a conversation — but it shot right through me, taking me from “how isn’t it?” to “whoa, wait — we need to talk through this” in a matter of seconds. It was a simple one-liner, but one I won’t forget any…
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What Sets ‘The Drifter’ Apart From Most Thrillers
Since Florida’s developed a reputation for being the ‘stranger than fiction’ state (see: the FL man Twitter account for all the evidence you’ll ever need), I cringe when I see a novel that’s set there. Often, they’re written by people who’ve visited the state on a few family vacations, who need a creepy-crazy-yet-still-familiar backdrop for…
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How To Get Congress To Actually Listen To You
As part of my challenge to talk to people from all backgrounds, with all kinds of beliefs, I’ve had a few conversations lately about writing letters to Congress. I’ve seen big, multi-page missives, short and succinct postcards, and everything in between, which got me wondering: What types of letters truly resonate? What gets through to…
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Katy Perry’s New Song Uses A Tiny Hamster to Make a Huge Statement
Katy Perry gave me a colossal wake-up call on Saturday. And she did it using a tiny hamster and even tinier food. On Friday, Perry released her latest lyric video for her new song, “Chained to the Rhythm.” At first, it — and the video itself — are poppy, upbeat and lighthearted. Just like the…
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How Will 2017 Be Different Than Any Other Year?
As much as I cringe at the thought of writing new year’s resolutions, I come up with a few (okay, sometimes several) every January, and 2017 is no different. I just carefully dodge the word ‘resolution,’ as if by calling it some other name, I won’t doom it to an early grave by Jan. 12th. Oddly…
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What’s the Deal with Bullet Journals?
At first, bullet journals seemed like nothing more than a smoke-and-mirrors case of slick rebranding. Keeping a standard journal seems run-of-the-mill, and so does maintaining a planner, but when you combine the two and give it a buzzy-yet-vague name: BOOM! It’s trendy. Essentially, it’s a planner-meets-diary hybrid, with a touch of scrapbooking, as you map…
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The Worst Thing You Can Do When You’re Anxious (and What to Try Instead)
You’ve heard it a million times before: When your stomach’s in knots, your mouth is dry, and inside you’re about three seconds from completely freaking out, you should calm down. Take deep breaths. Meditate. Do whatever you can to slow down and clear your mind. But, as it turns out, you may just be making…
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3 Self-Help Books That Won’t Make You Gag
Let’s be real: It’s hard not to roll your eyes at the very topic of self-help books. So many of them are treacly at best, filled with the sort of one-size-fits-all advice you grew up seeing on posters in middle school guidance counselors’ offices. After working at Oprah.com for a few years, I felt like…
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What You Need to Know About Oprah’s Latest Book Club Pick
If you cringe when people start telling painfully honest truths — if their honesty and their rawness makes you want to change topics, STAT — Glennon Doyle Melton’s latest book, Love Warrior, isn’t for you. But you should probably read it more than anyone. The Momastery blogger has never shied away from getting vulnerable, bearing…
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Little, Invisible Decisions That Can Erode a Relationship
The first time someone suggested deleting an Instagram post because it’d been 10 minutes and only a handful of people had liked it, I scoffed. How could you care that much what other people think of you? Why do you even pay attention to how many likes you’re getting anyway? I wondered. Today, I completely…
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Why We Sometimes Crave Movies That Make Us Cry
Some people love ultra-dramatic Lifetime movies, or heartfelt Disney flicks. A little piece of me has always taken pride in not being that person. In being the girl who has zero interest in anything from Pixar or Dreamworks; in being annoyed by click flicks and tear jerkers. The crazy thing is, the older I get,…
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