How to Deal with Confrontation
Even if you cringe at the thought of confrontation, at some point or another, you will encounter an uncomfortable moment of reckoning. Disagreements happen. Misunderstandings…
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How to Be a Good Friend to Someone with Depression
Depression is a disease of isolation. I make this claim because depressed people spend a lot of time in their head, with their own thoughts.…
How to Be a Good Houseguest
An optimist by nature, there are a handful of things that I consistently overestimate. I put twice as many items on my to-do list as…
How I Turned My Apartment Into a Body-Positive Zone
When I moved into my New York City apartment a few months ago, a roommate-finding site matched me with three random roommates, and the four…
How to Politely Stop a Conversation
One of my favorite aspects of airports, parks, and shopping malls is the opportunity that these venues offer for people-watching, and similarly, one of my…
How “Real Time Girl Time” Inspires Authenticity With My Friends
In the fall, a friend of mine picked me up to go on a drive. Spontaneous yet not uncommon, these mini road trips happen frequently…
Why ‘Best Friends’ Don’t Have to Talk Every Day
Kalina and I met our first year of middle school, when I may have well as been Regina George. Not just because I was blonde,…
3 Lessons I Learned From My ‘Failed’ Relationships
Not getting along with people has always made me uncomfortable. Whether it was a matter of just not jiving with someone, or actually having a…
How to Make Meaningful Connections Online (and 3 Apps That Will Help)
As a native Spanish speaker, I love interacting with people of other cultures and nationalities; I find connecting with others an opportunity to practice English…
How to Stop Measuring Yourself Against Other People’s Success
When I discovered that I was going to need an extra semester to finish college, I immediately pictured all of my friends graduating before me,…