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Read more: The importance of friendshipIn the May 2012 issue of The Atlantic magazine, Stephen Marche tells the story of Yvette Vickers, a former Playboy playmate and B-movie star, who…
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Read more: “You can adjust the sail”We were talking in my Sunday School class about the need to accept disappointments in life and to accept people as they are—and, most important,…
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Read more: Lessons from Roz SavageRoz Savage spoke at my son Jay’s graduation at the University of Tulsa. Have you heard of Roz Savage? I hadn’t. Now I know that…
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Read more: “Just get off your rear”At age 81, Dr. Kenneth Cooper has switched from running to brisk walking. Do whatever you can, and do it with gusto, he advises. “Just…
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Read more: How did I build better boundaries?I wish I had a simple answer. I don’t. For most of life’s big issues, there are simple answers that provide a glimpse of the…
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Read more: What I learned about boundariesWhen I was a child, we ate a farm breakfast before we rushed out of the house to catch the school bus—eggs and bacon or…
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Read more: A sensible approach to dietingWhat’s the best way to lose weight? A sensible program of diet and exercise, concludes a study published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.…
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Read more: Try the Goldilocks approachWhat’s the Goldilocks approach? Remember the girl with the golden ringlets? She visited the Three Bears, looked at what they had to offer and took…
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Read more: Wisdom from Anna QuindlenI am reading Anna Quindlen’s new book Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake, but, so far, I like the first paragraph best. “It’s odd when…
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Read more: What to do with a 13-year-old?My friend, worried about her 13-year-old son who doesn’t want to go to school, asked me for advice. I hesitated, remembering some of the complicated…