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Mindfulness

In Praise of Helplessness

Maggie Rowe on January 19, 2023

A Personal Perspective: Are you scared to be out of your element? Here's why it might be worth it.

A Personal Perspective: Are you scared to be out of your element? Here's why it might be worth it.

Self-Help

In Praise of "Missing Out"

Maggie Rowe on December 11, 2022

A Personal Perspective: Do you experience "cancel-elation" when you find out plans you've made have fallen through? I do and I think I've figured out what that is about.

A Personal Perspective: Do you experience "cancel-elation" when you find out plans you've made have fallen through? I do and I think I've figured out what that is about.

Self-Help

Giving Up the Hope of Future Reward Can Be Presently Rewarding

Maggie Rowe on December 1, 2022

A Personal Perspective: Hope for the future feels good, but it may be poisoning your present.

A Personal Perspective: Hope for the future feels good, but it may be poisoning your present.

Self-Help

In Praise of Boredom

Maggie Rowe on October 12, 2022

A Personal Perspective: Do you find yourself desperate to keep yourself entertained? I do, but I am ready to drop my love affair with distraction.

A Personal Perspective: Do you find yourself desperate to keep yourself entertained? I do, but I am ready to drop my love affair with distraction.

Emotional Intelligence

In Praise of "Not Being Nice"

Maggie Rowe on September 29, 2022

A Personal Perspective: Do you feel trapped in a "nice" personality? It's not too late to get out.

A Personal Perspective: Do you feel trapped in a "nice" personality? It's not too late to get out.

Self-Help

In Praise of Poking Holes in Your Own Story

Maggie Rowe on May 31, 2022

A Personal Perspective: Have you tried turning the power of criticism you use on others on yourself? It hurts, but it might be the best thing for you.

A Personal Perspective: Have you tried turning the power of criticism you use on others on yourself? It hurts, but it might be the best thing for you.

Shyness

In Praise of Shyness

Maggie Rowe on May 3, 2022

A Personal Perspective: I have spent much of my life combatting shyness, but I am now learning to embrace it.

A Personal Perspective: I have spent much of my life combatting shyness, but I am now learning to embrace it.

Happiness

In Praise of Delay: Come Entanglements, Pickles, and Predicaments!

Maggie Rowe on April 10, 2022

A Personal Perspective: I realize I live my life like a mad dash. (To where exactly? I don't really know.) And I bet I'm not the only one.

A Personal Perspective: I realize I live my life like a mad dash. (To where exactly? I don't really know.) And I bet I'm not the only one.

Self-Help

In Praise of Gossip

Maggie Rowe on March 17, 2022

A Personal Perspective: Gossip gets a bad rap. But does it actually enrich our lives?

A Personal Perspective: Gossip gets a bad rap. But does it actually enrich our lives?

Jealousy

The Courage to Be an Absolute Nobody

Maggie Rowe on February 26, 2022

A Personal Perspective: Are you exhausted from trying to be a "somebody?" It's possible to have the courage to be an absolute nobody.

A Personal Perspective: Are you exhausted from trying to be a "somebody?" It's possible to have the courage to be an absolute nobody.