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How to Get Rid of Bad Juju

December 2, 2010

As much as I love a self-help/new age book as much as the next dreadlocked self-employed aspiring celebrity in LA, I don’t consider myself to be a very superstitious person. However, for the last month, I have experienced something that I can only describe as bad juju. (For those of you wondering what the heck [...]

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Why More School Is Usually Not the Answer

November 18, 2010

Despite the fact that I have two Masters degrees and have a company helping people get into graduate school, I believe that oftentimes when we are feeling lost and confused in our lives and careers, wondering what our next step should be, getting more schooling is not the answer.

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Stop Depriving Yourself

November 13, 2010

Many of us deprive ourselves of the very things that could bring us the most happiness in our lives. It’s almost as if we believe there is a limited quantity of goodness available to us and we don’t want to use it up for fear that one day our goodness gas tank will sink to E, leaving us stranded in the middle of Miseryland.

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The Secret to Getting a Man and Staying in Love

November 10, 2010

After much heartbreak, confusion, hours of searching through self-help books, and crying with my friends, I have realized that finding a man is not at all hard to do.

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Tell Your Story As You Want It to Be

November 8, 2010

if you are feeling dissatisfied and confused in your love life, wondering where all the men are, why other people get their happy endings and yours keeps eluding you, it would be a worthwhile activity to sit down and retell your love story.

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I’ll Say It . . . I’m Bougie!

October 19, 2010

My transformation into a bougie traveler helps me realize that no matter how much I shop at the store, I am not forever 21. The things that used to matter to me while traveling (spend as little money as possible and see as much as I can) are no longer as important.

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There’s No Such Thing as “Too Good to be True”

October 7, 2010

We’ve all heard it, and most of us believe it, but it’s simply not true. Just because something is exactly what you want does not mean it is a curse in disguise, going to slip through your fingers, or that you are deceiving yourself about what you are really encountering.

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Throw Away Your Vision Board

August 27, 2010

I finally threw away my love vision board in May. I’d had it for a year, and though I had found love, it hadn’t lasted–and it hadn’t been the earth-shattering, soul-nourishing love that I craved. I figured, “Why keep something around that isn’t working for me?” so when it came time to move from Boston [...]

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Becoming More Yin

July 22, 2010

I’ve become too much yang, and I know this because I am experiencing all the symptoms of “too much yang”: stiffness/tightness, tension, dry skin, stress, anger, and a need to be in control. In fact, the dry skin problem has gotten so bad, I’m going to the dermatologist next week!

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Act as if Everything is Already Okay

July 10, 2010

I adopted the saying “Act as if everything is already okay” after realizing how much time I was spending fretting and scheming about the future. I’ve just graduated from Harvard, moved to Los Angeles where I am subletting my friend’s fabulous apartment in Beverly Hills, and am working for myself as a coach (and allegedly, [...]

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