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I’ve watched people wait to launch entire businesses, websites, and blogs until they “get the tagline right.” And writing a tagline can be a peculiar kind of torment…trying to distill your entire life’s work, your months of planning, your sleepless hours of dedication into six measly words? Have fun! Yes, a good tagline can be a magic…
Note: Physical health is more than just ‘not being ill,’ and so is mental health. Sometimes people say “mental health” when they’re trying to put a supposedly more positive spin on “mental illness” – but it’s something we should all pay attention to. The opinions in this post aren’t just directed toward those living with…
It’s the cruelest of tricks. Your whole life is one long lesson in the importance of being humble (me? My husband recently said “well, it wouldn’t be a date if you didn’t spill water on yourself.” Yep. I’m skilled like that). And socially, you’re punished from an early age when trying to talk about your…
Photographers often share one common burden with practicing psychologists: Sometimes you need to get information from someone, but you just….can’t. The problem isn’t that the person clams up and won’t talk. Rather, it’s that they won’t STOP talking. Oh, you’re hearing plenty of words – it’s like a verbal monsoon. But none of it is…