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'Is My Sexy Poet Friend Manipulating Me?'
Understanding your own values, needs, desires, and boundaries is sometimes more important than analyzing someone else's intentions.
Heather Havrilesky
Jun 22
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'My Baby Is Sick and My Job Is Brutal!'
When you're used to being capable and suddenly you feel vulnerable, you have to give yourself time and space to adjust to your new life of caring way…
Heather Havrilesky
Jun 20
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Hush Now, Don't Explain
Recognizing the limits of persuasion.
Heather Havrilesky
Jun 16
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'Men Aren't As Limited As You Think!'
Can't we create more good men - and good people in general - by speaking them into existence?
Heather Havrilesky
Jun 14
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'I Can't Stop Oversharing'
Think about the kinds of connection you're craving, and ask yourself if performative storytelling really gets you there.
Heather Havrilesky
Jun 10
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'Why Do All of My Friendships with Women End in Tears?'
Real intimacy isn't simple or easy.
Heather Havrilesky
Jun 6
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'How Can I Be Secure Enough to Move Past Monogamy?'
Refusing to apply hierarchical value systems to different lifestyles is the first step.
Heather Havrilesky
May 31
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We're Broken
You don't have to bathe in misery or even read the paper. But you can't give up.
Heather Havrilesky
May 26
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How We Talk About Aging
Feeling confident requires an audit of your language around growing older.
Heather Havrilesky
May 24
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'I Fell Out of Love and Broke My Own Heart!'
You won't cultivate deep connections until you learn to make your tender, fearful core self feel loved and safe.
Heather Havrilesky
May 19
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Honoring Your Commitments
How can you be more consistently engaged and supportive when it comes to the people, places, and things you love the most?
Heather Havrilesky
May 17
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'Why Is He Being So Weird?'
It's time to leave this ghost behind and focus on what's real instead.
Heather Havrilesky
May 13
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