Fresh Living blogger Holly Lebowitz Rossi recently wrote a helpful post on how to get past cold feet or any second-guessing for that matter. She writes:   I have a theory about why moving inherently involves a cold-feet stage. Here it is–moving is a zillion tiny decisions all crammed inside a giant, life-altering decision. And…

I’m speculating here but I think that we freak out less about decisions–big and small–when we get to a point in our lives when we simply care less about things. That’s what Gretchen Rubin recently wrote in a wonderful post called “The Secret Is Not to Care.” She writes:   A friend told me this…

As a manic-depressive, I have a box of tools that I use to help me stay on the path of recovery and get as far away as possible from the black hole of despair. However, they are not all that different from the eight tools that blogger/author Gretchen Rubin uses in her happiness project. Now…

Awhile back I wrote a piece called “You Really Hate Me? On Taking Criticism,” where I laid out some brain research that explains why we depressives are so sensitive and have such a hard time with insults or even constructive criticism. On the same topic, I enjoyed Danielle LaPorte’s post on Intent.com: “11 Tips for…

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