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Meeting someone new can be scary. We often rely on established social cues to communicate with those around us, and we tend to build our most intimate relationships within familiar environments — school, extracurricular activities, or a place of worship. But social cues can’t cover everything.

As we grow older, our networks expand, and we find ourselves ent...

“And how does that feel in your body?” What a dreadful question. Unfortunately for me, it seems it’s my therapist’s favorite one.

After a tornado of external processing in session, I’m eventually invited to set aside all my analyses. My therapist then encourages me to think less and feel more. As a professional overthinker, you might as well ask me to lift a Greyho...

There’s a phrase I loved as a teenager. I was so moved by it that I promptly made it my phone background and shared it with anyone who would listen. It became a constant refrain. “Some people are so poor, all they have is money.”

My parents still bring up that phrase today, mostly in jest since I’m now in the personal finance space (the irony!). But the quo...

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