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    Submissions: Clearing Up the Confusion

    Submissions: Clearing Up the Confusion

    What on earth is going on?
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    Adrian Drew
    Mar 16
    The Stoic Path to Happiness

    The Stoic Path to Happiness

    Find peace in the words of philosophers during times of tumult.
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    Adrian Drew
    Mar 28
    What Losing My Fiancé to Brain Cancer Taught Me About Life

    What Losing My Fiancé to Brain Cancer Taught Me About Life

    Lessons learned from crushing grief and adversity.
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    Adrian Drew
    Mar 14
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    Benjamin Franklin: 5 Things Smart People Understand About Life That Un-Smart People Don’t

    Benjamin Franklin: 5 Things Smart People Understand About Life That...

    “Life’s tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late”- Franklin.
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    Noorain Ali
    May 10
    Positive Self-Talk Is Your Superpower — Here’s How To Use It

    Positive Self-Talk Is Your Superpower — Here’s How To Use It

    7 subtle changes that can make all the difference
    Go to the profile of Sinem Günel
    Sinem Günel
    May 21
    A Beautiful Classmate Propositioned Me While I Was Still Married

    A Beautiful Classmate Propositioned Me While I Was Still Married

    A reflection on a moment in time.
    Go to the profile of Sean Kernan
    Sean Kernan
    Jan 11
    You Are Unhappy Because You Want to Control The Uncontrollable

    You Are Unhappy Because You Want to Control The Uncontrollable

    An attachment to control is a source of suffering
    Go to the profile of Thomas Oppong
    Thomas Oppong
    May 22
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    Five Lessons Learned From My Catfish Dating Account

    Five Lessons Learned From My Catfish Dating Account

    They were lessons in self-awareness.
    Go to the profile of Sean Kernan
    Sean Kernan
    Jun 9
    6 Things I’ve Given Up That Have Drastically Improved My Life

    6 Things I’ve Given Up That Have Drastically Improved My Life

    Things are only going up from here.
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    Dayana Sabatin
    Jun 8
    5 Life-Altering Teachings I’d Happily Give My Younger Self to Make My 20s Worth Every Moment

    5 Life-Altering Teachings I’d Happily Give My Younger Self to Make My 20s Worth Every Moment

    The family you create is more important than the family you come from.
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    Noorain Ali
    Jun 8
    You Have Haters? Good.

    You Have Haters? Good.

    How to turn hate into notoriety and maybe even a little bit of cash.
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    Alvin Ang
    Jun 8
    11 Simple Ways the Power of Intellectual Humility Can Improve Your Life

    11 Simple Ways the Power of Intellectual Humility Can Improve Your Life

    Humility is being humble of mind
    Go to the profile of Greg Longoria
    Greg Longoria
    Jun 8
    7 Pieces of Wisdom I Wish I Knew Before Living Abroad

    7 Pieces of Wisdom I Wish I Knew Before Living Abroad

    Hope these hard-earned lessons help you avoid my mistakes
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    Richa Singh
    Jun 8
    10 Ways Carlos Castaneda Helps You to See Life Through a New Lens

    10 Ways Carlos Castaneda Helps You to See Life Through a New Lens

    Carlos Castaneda met Don Juan, an old Yaqui Indian, at a bus stop in Arizona and persuaded Don Juan to teach him about peyote.
    Go to the profile of Elaine Hilides
    Elaine Hilides
    Jun 8
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