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'I'm 38 and I Don't Know Who I Am!'

Your emotional sensitivity has you projecting the past onto the future and staying safe behind intellectual walls. Daring to feel more will set you free.

Heather Havrilesky
Sep 15, 2022
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Blue Sea with Rocks (1922) by Georgia O’Keeffe

Dear Polly, 

Well, it happened. I reached the ripe old age of 38 and I still have no clue who I am.  I'm in a new city because of my husband's job, and it's making my lack of self more pronounced than ever. 

To start with the good stuff, I am extremely lucky to have a kind, generous, caring husband and nice pa…

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