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Have a Puppy. Have Two.

            Sometimes, after a hard day of writing about perfectionism, all you want is a couple of puppies.

The Right Way to Cope With Your Kid’s Perfectionism

Jules at Pancakes & French Fries writes about what she perceives to be the perfectionist tendencies her young son has inherited from her: Mikey inherited my drive for perfection. Last week I hung in the laundry room some of my favorite drawings the boys have made over the years. Nico ...

Coming Out of Your Closet: Teyonah Parris, Adam Chandler, David Leavitt, and You

Yesterday's piece on Betty Ming Liu's quest for self-liberation got me thinking about authenticity. Today, I ran across stories about two people, each on their own quest for it: For Teyonah Parris (who plays Don Draper's secretary Dawn on Mad Men) the quest was to accept her beautiful natural hair: ...

Betty Ming Liu Quits Her Job: Liberated Time Management in Action!

If your job is not central to your mission, but simply a way to earn money, then one of the profoundest acts of self-liberation you can make is to reduce your hours or (even better) quit. Blogger Betty Ming Liu just quit her job, and her list of goals for ...

If You’re Going to Ponder, Ponder With a Pink Feather Pen

Ponder this way:           Not this way:

Sleep Deprivation and Early School Starts May Be Driving Your Teen Crazy

Many teens are chronically sleep deprived, and many would do MUCH better if school started later: Evidence that sleep is important is overwhelming. Elegant research has demonstrated its critical role in memory consolidation and our ability to generate innovative solutions to complex problems. Sleep disruption increases the level of the ...

Yoga Can Help With Creative Block

This article recommending yoga as a solution for creative block makes a lot of sense. First, as the article points out, a lot of creative endeavors, including even writing, can tax the body: As a yoga teacher, Bobowicz was concerned about the repetitive stress that plagues artists as they work. ...

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