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‘I Can’t Manage to Exercise or Take Care of Myself!’
Because you were taught to hate your own desires, every time you vulnerably surrender to your feelings, you align your body with habits that will help…
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‘How Do I Learn to Love Work Again?’
Be more Zambonian, not more Franzonian!
Sep 21
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Are You Feeling Flat and Numb?
If so, what will help?
Sep 16
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‘This Break-Up Left Me With So Many Regrets!’
Don’t hide from your own future inside someone else’s crisis.
Sep 9
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“Should I Dump This Guy?”
You know exactly what you want right now, and it has nothing to do with who you’re dating.
Sep 3
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Ask Polly Book Club: “Banal Nightmare”
Halle Butler’s bizarre and hilarious novel offers insights into trauma, alienation, and the clumsy, flawed nature of human connection.
Aug 27
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‘I’m Not Feeling Excited About The Rest of My Life!’
In order to reawaken your passionate, sensitive core self, you have to surrender to the friction, awkwardness, and vulnerability of navigating the real…
Aug 24
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'I Moved West But Now I Feel Lost. Was It All A Mistake?'
Every mistake is an experiment, every experiment includes learning and discovering more about what you love.
Aug 17
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