I smile at everyone. And, not in the creepy, “why so serious?” Joker way, just a polite, acknowledging other people’s presence in the world, normal smile. However, in the locker room at work the other day I smiled at a girl who, rather than showing an equally nice gesture back, looked at me ...
Turning 30 can be a very scary prospect in your 20s. As 30 appeared on the horizon, I went from not caring at all about it to a panicked cliché I really thought I was going to avoid. That fear was backed up by the fact I was single, renting and not in my dream job (or even sure what that was). ...
I live in Netherlands, and have noticed the numerous differences between Europe and the United States. One of these is the fact that in many saunas/spas, you are required to go in your birthday suit. In the U.S. we have no problem putting half-naked people on huge billboards and all over ...
Determine your own story. You shouldn’t wear that. You should smile more. Why are you doing it that way? Do it this way. You’re not working hard enough. You’re working too hard. You’re fat, lose some weight. You’re too skinny. You’re not attractive. ...
Take a good hard look at a Victoria’s Secret catalog; how does it make you feel? No this isn’t one of those therapy sessions where you tell me something, and I say,”and how does that make you feel?” I want you to listen to the thoughts going on in your mind; what are ...
That angry, green, boiling burn in the pit of your stomach. No, I’m not talking about food poisoning from your latest international retreat. I’m talking about jealousy. I know, I know, we’re not supposed to even have that as yogis and yoga teachers. We are supposed to be zen ...
I have something to confess. Over the past couple weeks I’ve discovered the power of saying no to people. It is the MOST amazing thing on this planet. How I’ve survived before this, I’m not entirely sure. In most other ways, summer has made me feel like the laziest creature on the planet. But ...
One of my favourite pieces of advice to give to any new young professional (especially including myself) is to fake it until you make it. What does that mean, you might ask? To bring it back to basics: it essentially means that you should give off all the confidence of a full-fledged star until ...
Ah, the good ‘ol “Fake it ‘till you make it” advice. I’m sure you’ve heard that one before. “Don’t worry”, they say. “We’re all just pretending.” Um okay. Can we cut the bullsh*t for a second? I never really understood what it meant when people told me, “fake it till you make it”, until I found ...
This week has been pretty interesting! For no special reason at all, I received compliments on my looks twice by more or less random men. First, a man on the train slipped me a letter right before he got off, because he wanted to tell me that he thought I was cute, but didn’t have the guts to ...
