Tag Archives: personality

Tribe of weirdos?

Yesterday morning, lazy-eyed and yawning, the coffee cup half-way to these lips, I opened the Kindle Fire and glimpsed this email forward from a friend: When you find people who not only tolerate your quirks but celebrate them with cries … Continue reading

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People-pleasing and way too sensitive for your own good

After all these years of becoming an individual, of celebrating individuality, of becoming my own person–there is still a part of this personality which wants to be a people-pleaser.  Who is oh-way-too-sensitive for her own good. What, you ask is … Continue reading

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Accepting our dork factor

Here’s the scoop, kids. Some of us may not want to hear this, but… we’re all dorks. Every last one of us. We all have a dork factor. OK, my dork factor may be stronger or wilder than your dork … Continue reading

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The leopard dress that tried to strangle me

I have been thinking a lot about the way different humans process and experience and think about the world. For example. How many of you have ever had a leopard dress try to strangle you? Or would you–perhaps more realistically–think … Continue reading

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Are you authentic?

Are you authentic?  And what does that mean to you? I have been pondering “authenticity” recently. What does it mean to be authentic?  Who is authentic?  Am I authentic?  Are you authentic? Two weeks ago I would have said (with … Continue reading

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