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ADR Friday Loves 03.13.15
i’m loving… … this Before I Go. … this Parm. … this piece on Disney & grief. … this piece on Authorpreneurship. … this exercise in presence. … these Dying Wishes. … these snap-circuits. … this...
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Thoughts on Selfies, Happiness & Giving
Yesterday afternoon, I holed up in my study to catch up on some work. I’m enrolled in Marie Forleo’s B-School (incredible so far) and I watched the weekly video modules. My sister Ceara called and we...
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3 Quotes That Might Inspire You
Do you find these quotes to be inspiring? Which is your favorite and why?
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Why We Judge Others
I’ve been thinking a lot about judgment and how it gets in the way of happiness. It’s my decidedly unscientific belief that the time spent making moral (good/bad) judgments about things outside...
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A Happier Hour with Jean Hanff Korelitz & Will Schwalbe
Last night, I hosted a Happier Hour Literary Salon with bestselling authors Jean Hanff Korelitz and Will Schwalbe. We stuffed ourselves into my yellow living room to talk about two absolutely...
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ADR Friday Loves 04.03.15
i’m loving… … this book. … these words on our narcissistic culture. … this writer. … this wee dress. … these thoughts on writers old and young. … this serving board. … this book. … this post. … these...
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6 Ingredients for Presence
On Monday, I published some closing words on my HERE Year. I was clear that even after spending an entire year thinking about, and exploring, Presence, I had no shiny foolproof answers about how to be...
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I Want You to Know Who I Am
Girls, When I started this blog six years ago, there were only two of you. Big Girl, you were just 2 and Middle Girl, you were all of 5 months, and I gave you the affectionate, if temporary, aliases...
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ADR Friday Loves 04.17.15
i’m loving… … this college rejection letter. … this question. … these cone earrings. … this flatware. … this book. … this How to Stop Checking Your Phone Like an Addict. … this candle set. … this...
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Better Than Before?
I finished reading Gretchen Rubin’s Better Than Before; Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives over the weekend. I enjoyed the book and have SO many thoughts. The book offered a really interesting...
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ADR Friday Loves 04.24.15
i’m loving… … this On What It Takes. … this Moral Bucket List. … this book. … this little kimono. … this hilarity. … this piece on the Muddied Meaning of Mindfulness. … this Runi dress. … these...
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When life is over, where do we go?
when life is over, where do we go? In her new book After This (out tomorrow), author and grief therapist Claire Bidwell Smith explores this question. And what a question it is. As some of you may...
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A Happier Hour with Gretchen Rubin & Ron Lieber
Last night, I hosted a Happier Hour Literary Salon with authors Gretchen Rubin and Ron Lieber. What a tremendous treat. Gretchen, who was here for the third time – I featured her book The Happiness...
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Everything We Need by Jason Good
It’s interesting and amazing how the world works. The connections that crop up seemingly randomly, but maybe not randomly at all. Several years ago, Husband worked with a guy named Jason. I remember...
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ADR Friday Loves 05.15.15 {& 5 Book Giveaway!}
i’m loving… … this Playground Purgatory. … this Foodtrainin’. … these ten rules of writing. … this song. … this fun name game. … this water bottle. … these five sandwiches & this book. … this...
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ADR Friday Loves 06.12.15
i’m loving… … this Book Group. … this I Quit My Job Today. … this new show. … these honest words from a dear friend. … these 30 Reasons. … these 37 Questions. … this bird-identification tool. … this...
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10 Important Things I’ve Learned
1. We are all insecure. More than six years ago, I started this blog and I gave it a name: Ivy League Insecurities. It was the perfect name because though I had had the privilege of an exquisite...
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8 Simple Sentences We Must Say…& Hear
Words are powerful things. I’ve been thinking lots about this. I wake up early many mornings to write words, to create worlds. What I write, how easily the words come, affects the rest of my day....
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ADR Friday Loves 06.19.15
i’m loving… … this letter. … these words on getting lost. … this Anatomy of a Blackout. … these wedges. … this Overcoming the Confidence Gap. … these 9 Podcasts for a Fuller Life. … this sundress. …...
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A Happier Hour Literary Salon with Natalia Mehlman Petrzela & Dana Goldstein
It was a sweaty, sticky New York City evening. A summer storm was brewing, spitting significant rain in certain pockets. Two brilliant historians/authors showed up at my home: Natalia Mehlman Petrzela...
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