Should We Morph Ourselves Into Their “Dream Girl/Boy”?

Thinking back throughout the course of my life, I’m ashamed to admit how often I pretended to be interested in several things just to get a guy’s attention. In fact, my senior year of High School was the most eminent example of this: It was then that I joined my school’s business club, attended every…

Freedom to Be Authentically YOU

As I sat on my grandparents’ couch as a child, I distinctly remember that icky feeling of plastic on my legs. I think we all have a memory of the layer of vinyl that coats a decade-old couch as it slowly perishes beneath it, but if you’d like my opinion on this practice, I’ll condense…

Stop Being so Hard on Yourself

I was recently driving in a car with a friend when they complimented me on a recent success of mine. I immediately started making excuses of how it wasn’t that great, how I had so much help, and how I shouldn’t get any credit.  I realized, why am I doing this? Why am I able…