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Celebrate Your Unique Flaws

Stop trying to kill half of your moods and most of your personality.

Heather Havrilesky
Dec 27, 2021
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Celebrate Your Unique Flaws

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Red Hills with Pedernal, White Clouds (1936) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Here’s something I say to my kids a lot: Scolding yourself for feeling what you feel will only make you feel worse.

Some days you feel pointy and jagged. That’s natural. Instead of despairing over your hard edges, wishing they would disappear, let yourself be a sharp rock instead. Let yourse…

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