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What if we DON’T do the hard thing?
What if we DON’T do the hard thing?
It’s 7 am on a Tuesday and I’m standing in front of my kitchen dish drying rack, willing myself to put the stack of bowls down. To stop…
Tal Lee Anderman
Aug 6, 2021
Can we give ourselves some grace?
Can we give ourselves some grace?
It’s Sunday morning, and i’m deep in my favorite COVID ritual — silent disco, outdoor yoga on San Francisco’s Baker beach. The music picks…
Tal Lee Anderman
May 16, 2021
A boundary by any other name
A boundary by any other name
In my early days exploring the mystical, I bought a birthday horoscope book. A budding teenager, I’d quietly close the door to my bedroom…
Tal Lee Anderman
Mar 21, 2021
When I find my space
When I find my space
When I moved to Austin, TX (stay warm!), I had 6 roommates and a history of feeling overwhelmed by the people around me. I struggled with…
Tal Lee Anderman
Feb 27, 2021
Can we have joy, too?
Can we have joy, too?
“Oftentimes when the world feels chaotic, we begin to feel as if it is somehow inappropriate to have joy. Have your joy… When we have joy…
Tal Lee Anderman
Oct 4, 2020
How are you, really?
How are you, really?
The idea that what this country is going through shouldn’t have any effect on us — that we all should just feel OK all the time — that…
Tal Lee Anderman
Aug 25, 2020
What’s that thing i’m feeling?
What’s that thing i’m feeling?
This week has been hard, but not the “my life turned upside down and I’m knee deep in crises” hard.
Tal Lee Anderman
Jul 20, 2020
Will you get uncomfortable?
Will you get uncomfortable?
You don’t need to be highly sensitive to feel the intensity of these past few weeks.
Tal Lee Anderman
Jun 14, 2020
What happens when you keep the Zoom camera on?
What happens when you keep the Zoom camera on?
“I started getting up every morning and I would give myself an hour to write. One hour… the deal I made with myself is every single day I…
Tal Lee Anderman
May 25, 2020
Can you allow yourself to feel?
Can you allow yourself to feel?
I don’t know about you, but these past few months have been heavy, and I’ve experienced just about every feeling on the Stanford Feeling…
Tal Lee Anderman
Apr 26, 2020
Will I become we?
Will I become we?
Note to readers: We all could do with a little light right now. While the beginning may read dark, I promise it’s filled with joy. My hope…
Tal Lee Anderman
Apr 2, 2020
Can you be curious?
Can you be curious?
“Read your blog. Super interesting. It made me think about situations in the past when we interacted and I wonder if I caused you any sort…
Tal Lee Anderman
Feb 25, 2020
What will you pay for perfect?
What will you pay for perfect?
“We perfect, most dangerously, our children… They’re hardwired for struggle when they get here. When you hold those perfect little babies…
Tal Lee Anderman
Jan 30, 2020
Why be satisfied with crumbs?
Why be satisfied with crumbs?
Driving home after the Thanksgiving holiday, I was listening to Esther Perel’s Where Should We Begin? A fabulous podcast of real…
Tal Lee Anderman
Dec 11, 2019
Is empathy the medicine we need?
Is empathy the medicine we need?
For the three days leading up to my MBA orientation trip to Cartagena, Colombia four years ago, I cried. Meeting 250 of my future Stanford…
Tal Lee Anderman
Nov 12, 2019
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