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You have control of how you leave your interactions. If you walk away feeling uneasy, it is incumbent upon you to make that feeling go away. Right it.

You have control of how you leave your interactions. If you walk away feeling uneasy, it is incumbent upon you to make that feeling go away. Right it.

 It takes courage to tell our story, state our truth and explore what’s within, but it's worth doing. 

 It takes courage to tell our story, state our truth and explore what’s within, but it's worth doing. 

 It takes courage to tell our story, state our truth and explore what’s within, but it's worth doing. 

Even the worst years have a way of teaching us something.

The more wrung out we feel, the closer we are to some kind of light.

Shopping in a mall on Black Friday might be some people's version of hell; for others, it's something truly meaningful.

Uncomfortable or abnormal situations can be powerful reminders of how we should be living our lives.

David Petraeus isn't the first man to cheat and he won’t be the last. So should we really care about his affair? Does it change his long-running reputation as leader?

As Hurricane Sandy continues to teach us important life lessons, the importance of listening emerges as one of them.

On the backdrop of Hurricane Sandy, the nastiness, the heartlessness, the pettiness of our politics seems even more ridiculous.

The cast of 'Jersey Shore' is in a unique position to pull off a fundraising effort that is targeted to help restore the battered coast.

Imagine what else we could free up in ourselves if the anxiety about having to control so much was lifted.  

If you truly want to sell someone on something, it may be wise to take a step back. See how they move and react. It can make all the difference.

Sometimes it's better not to think about competitors; not from a place of arrogance or ignorance, but one born of confidence in what we’re doing.

Seek out others and immerse in their expressions of deep emotion. Maybe you won’t learn, but you’ll feel kinship. Don’t underestimate the feeling of utter peace that sweeps through your body when that kind of connection is made. 

The story of Pakistani teen Malala Yousufzai, who stood up to the Taliban for her right to be educated, proves that fire in the belly, when it flares up, it’s unstoppable.

If keeping fears to ourselves helps us move through a situation because we’re containing the ‘realness,’ then doesn’t it also make sense that keeping mum on the positive fails to make it real?

If keeping fears to ourselves helps us move through a situation because we’re containing the ‘realness,’ then doesn’t it also make sense that keeping mum on the positive fails to make it real?