5 Misguided Reasons People Stay in Bad (Job) Relationships

Man holding sign that says, "I hate this job"

“But I don’t want to just leave them!” A client I was meeting with recently uttered this statement regarding her current employer. However, during this same conversation (as well as others), she has mentioned how much of a mismatch things really are with her present position. I responded, “If you were dating someone who made [...]

Stand Out, but Fit In, Too

One pink flower in the midst of purple tulips

My five-year-old daughter loves all the books she has in the Pinkalicious series. The most recent one she received is Purplicious. As the main character’s name denotes, Pinkalicious loves the color pink. But as the book Purplicious starts, many of Pinkalicious’ classmates start to reject her for her color choice. Undaunted, she writes in her [...]

Untapped Resources

One of my favorite kitchen appliances is my Nesco Roaster Oven. It wasn’t always that way. When we were putting together our gift registry, my then-fiance was very excited to add the roaster oven to the list. But I thought he was nuts. My mom never had one, and I had no clue what I [...]

Root Canals, Job Search, and the Art of Personal Branding

View of an older male dentist from the chair

I am honored to feature this guest post by the talented Ryan Rancatore. He definitely has a great deal of wisdom, so read on, then go visit his blog and follow him on Twitter! You’ll be glad you did I hate going to the dentist. Really – I despise those two days of the year [...]

Playing Hurt

Girls playing basketball

I’ve talked before about my love for playing basketball when I was in middle school. Because I really sucked at it, I didn’t get much time on the court. But I kept going back, year after year, to play. The coach was pretty cool about it all. For even the bad players like me, we [...]

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