We have this weird idea about celebrities. Because of their time in the spotlight (and consequently, in our homes) we assume we know them. We assume we understand their lives — always assuming those lives are far better than our own. When we watch old movies featuring Bette Davis, Marilyn Monroe, Elizabeth Taylor, Audrey Hepburn, […]
This article was written by Harris O’Malley from The Washington Post A thought experiment: Imagine how people might react if Taylor Swift released an album made up entirely of songs about wishing she could get back together with one of her exes. We’d hear things like: “She can’t let go. She’s clingy. She’s irrational. She’s […]
Leymah Gbowee is a Liberian peace activist responsible for leading a women’s peace movement, Women of Liberia Mass Action for Peace that helped bring an end to the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003. Her efforts to end the war, along with her collaborator Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, helped usher in a period of peace and […]
Choice is a fundamental power of the human experience. Everyone knows the power of the choices you make have infinite consequences. We have no idea, however, what’s a little choice or a big choice. We believe that big choices are obvious ones — buying a house, getting married, changing careers. These are the ones we […]
Anyone longing to be a writer knows it’s a solitary vocation. Hours upon days upon months are spent alone with one’s own mind, leading to doubts, fears and overall consternation. But that’s the life you have chosen. That’s the price to pay for a great work of literature — to have your words read by […]
I think that life done right is one long recovery process. We’re all recovering from something. Maybe for you it’s not food or booze addiction like it is for me . . . maybe it’s an addiction to selfishness or pride or anger or isolation (which it also is for me). But The Truth is […]
[N]amed Britain’s top therapist, Marisa Peer has been coaching the top performers of the world for more than 25 years. Marisa has spent nearly three decades treating a client list that includes international superstars, CEOs, Royalty, and Olympic athletes. She has helped thousands of people to overcome profound personal issues. Marisa’s USP is that she […]
[D]id you know work by women artists makes up only 3–5% of major permanent collections in the U.S. and Europe? Or that the top three museums in the world, the British Museum (est. 1753), the Louvre (est. 1793), and The Metropolitan Museum of Art (est. 1870) have never had female directors? Or that only five […]