Do you miss traveling during the pandemic? Here are a few spots that may need help with tourism and are safe to travel. People are getting vaccinated in the US. Cities are opening up. COVID rates are dropping. It seems like there is a light at the end of the tunnel for the last year. […]
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Do you have a side hustle? Nowadays side hustles are becoming more and more common. Taking time to pursue another job after your full time gig has become routine, especially among younger generations.The generational differences regarding side hustles is interesting. It seems that the younger you go, the more people are doing “unconventional” jobs and
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Does thinking about personal finance(s) give you anxiety? I know it does for me (and this is coming from a person who runs a non-profit that teaches personal finance!) Financial discussions are some of the most intimate and emotional discussions that people can have. Women have endured inequalities over the centuries over a variety of
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Therapy is a controversial and emotional topic for many people. Whether it’s the stigma surrounding it, the financial burden or the lack of access, therapy has been a limited resource in our society. We asked a few of our team members about their experiences with therapy and how they believe that therapy could become more
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Summary Have you ever read a book from the point of view of a therapist? Or even more meta – a therapist who is going to therapy? In Lori Gottlieb’s novel, Maybe You Should Talk To Someone, she writes about her own experiences in therapy, both as a therapist and client. Whether it’s Julie coming
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For those of you who have seen the HBO series, “Girls” you knew this was coming. If you haven’t, watch it! Well…maybe read this post before you dive in. A few weeks ago I was reading Roxane Gay’s, Bad Feminist, a collection of short stories. One of the short stories discussed the show “Girls” and
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Typically, anniversaries are an exciting occasion. Happy one year anniversary to a job, a significant other, life event, anything. However, we have passed the one year anniversary of quarantine. Not as much fun. Although the year has simultaneously flown by and been the slowest year of our lives, it’s still difficult. Every single day that
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Summary There are a handful families in our country that have made a truly historic difference in our country and I can confidently say that the Obama family is one of them. Barack Obama’s latest memoir A Promised Land outlines his journey from the beginning of his life and career through his first term in
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Summary What’s Mine and Yours shows the story of two families growing up in North Carolina – the Venturas, a Latinx family, and the Gilberts, a Black family. The Ventura family starts with their parents, Robbie and Lacey May, and their three children, Noelle, Margarita and Diane. The Gilbert family includes their parents, Ray and
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In psychology, “attachment styles” describe how people bond to each other. It originally came from research on how a mother and infant were attached to each other. When mothers are reliable, stable and show love and affection towards their babies, they create a secure attachment with their children. This leads to children to becoming more
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Summary Have you ever wondered by certain people are anxious in relationships while others pull back whenever they get too close? It’s not a coincidence that people exhibit these types of behaviors. In psychology, there is a concept of “attachment styles” which describe how people are attached to each other. In Attached, professionals researched the
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Imagine you are filling out the census. You get to the “race” section and scan all the options. You feel confusion. You feel frustration. You feel exhaustion. There are many people in our world who feel this when trying to put their background physically into a box that may not accurately represent them. One group
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