Incredibly, despite all my desperate whining, we are firmly in the midst of the holidays–I heard Whitney Houston’s version of The Little Drummer Boy, so the die is cast–and the holiday parties have begun. Note: I am not complaining. Being Jewrican, I will celebrate almost anything…invite me over! I love holiday parties, and I always learn…
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I promise I’m not whining. (If I was whining, trust me: you’d know. That sound would get in your brain and you’d want to kill me and probably yourself so as to liberate yourself from my dulcet tones…ha.) But recently, I kinda got, figuratively at least, punched in the solar plexus. It was especially disturbing…
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Actually, the title of this quickie post should be something like, “Don’t Fear Success,” but the song has been in my head, not sure why. I was thinking about the fear of success, in many different forms, since I’m re-reading, for the billionth time, one of my very favorite books, A Confederacy of Dunces, by…
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In honor of this past Saturday’s LSAT test-takers, and their contributory actions to our nation’s glut of unemployed lawyers…I thought I’d share my reasons for going to law school and why I’m still so glad I did. (Try not to vomit.) I don’t practice, so I don’t use my degree in the traditional way, but the…
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Last week, I went to a free workshop held at the NYC Bar Association for young attorneys seeking to improve their job prospects. I’m not really an attorney–have the degree, but don’t practice–but I have experienced many strange, interesting and occasionally beautiful things in this life due to my love of the words “for free.” (Except…
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Patti Smith is like your super cool, eccentric, “fun” aunt. The one who, when you were a kid, maybe you sort of took her and her fun stories, for granted, you didn’t really appreciate her… and then one day, after you’d grown up, you truly saw her for the first time and: “…she’s my aunt?? She’s amazing!…
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This blog is about creativity coaching, yes? It’s, theoretically, about me reaching out to you, Dear Reader, and helping you become empowered and passionate about what makes you tick.Okay, but sometimes, this blog becomes my space for venting. As in, when I made the mistake of reading Jamie Bufalino’s Get Naked column in this week’s…
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