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Last weekend, watching my daughter perform in her school’s production of Shrek, I found myself unexpectedly undone. In the pivotal scene, Shrek—a massive green ogre who has spent his life as a feared outcast—overhears what he believes to be Princess Fiona...
Anxiety, Authenticity, Career, Mindset, Self-Image
When Anxiety Isn’t About the Presentation You lie awake at night. But not because of tomorrow’s meeting. You’re successful. Your relationships are stable. Your life looks good on paper. Yet something feels persistently off. Maybe you wonder if this is really what you...
Anxiety, Authenticity, Mindset, Perfectionism, Self-Image
Our fitness routines might be the most honest stories we tell about ourselves. At first, it seems like a joke headline, or a BuzzFeed quiz: “What your gym routine says about your personality.” But then you notice the spin class filling up at 6:00 a.m.—the same...
Authenticity, Mindfulness, Self-Image
From Building a Self to Letting It Go On the strange necessity of self‑absorption—and the even stranger art of releasing what we’ve built. A Dinner‑Party Glimpse Last week, at a small dinner party, I watched a man in his forties narrate—with boyish enthusiasm—his...
