The Resolute Woman

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  • Panic and hysteria

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    Lionel Shriver, author of a new book Big Brother, says that most of us are neurotic about food. I will confess. I am neurotic about food even though I lost a lot of weight following the Weight Watchers plan and I have kept it off. And, I think that Shriver might be neurotic about food,…

  • Concentrate on your strengths

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    Temple Grandin, professor of animal science at Colorado State University and the author of a new book The Autistic Brain—Thinking Across the Spectrum, is autistic. Of course, she isn’t the typical autistic person. That’s one point she makes in her book. There is no typical autistic person. Some people on the autistic spectrum are nonverbal,…

  • Visualize the positive

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    About 77 percent of the average person’s self-talk is negative, says David Allen, author of Getting Things Done. I heard Allen recently in an interview on National Public Radio. “If you can visualize a horrible outcome, you can visualize a positive outcome, too,” Allen suggests. The next time you have to give a speech in…

  • Beyond the Possible

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    You’ve probably never heard of Cecil Williams and his wife Janice Mirikitani. I hadn’t until my friend Kerry gave me their book Beyond the Possible. Williams, one of five black students who integrated Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University in Dallas during the 1950s, became the pastor at Glide Memorial Methodist Church in…

  • The physics of clutter

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    I have started anew attacking the clutter that has accumulated in our house. I’m inspired by Stacey Platt, author of a book called What’s a Disorganized Person to Do?. Platt lives in a 500-square-foot New York City apartment that forces her “to simplify and let go: two endeavors that make life easier, less stressful and…

  • Find your inner voice

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    We believe that each of us has an inner spirit or an inner voice. The only way to find your true self is to be still and quiet, to get away from the loud voices and racket that surround us, and to listen to that inner voice. Thomas Kelly, a Quaker, talks about this voice…

  • Advice from Gloria

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    My favorite character in Colum McCann’s book Let the Great World Spin is Gloria, who perseveres after her three sons die in Vietnam. Gloria says: “Some people think love is the end of the road, and if you’re lucky enough to find it, you stay there. Other people say it just becomes a cliff you…

  • I bought the book

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    I read the Time magazine cover story about Sheryl Sandberg and her book Lean In. I heard an interview with Sandberg on National Public Radio, and I listened to the audio book. And, then, I bought the book. In fact, I bought two copies of Lean In—one for me and one my daughter. The book…

  • Lots of intelligent women

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    During the 1860s, women couldn’t vote, and they didn’t run for political office. Most of them didn’t have a career outside the home. But, some of them were well educated and had remarkable influence on the men in their lives. I am amazed at the number of intelligent, well educated women described by Doris Kearns…

  • Melancholy, not depression

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    Abraham Lincoln had bouts of melancholy, not depression, says Doris Kearns Goodwin, author of Team of Rivals. “Unlike depression, melancholy does not have a specific cause,” she writes. “It is an aspect of temperament, perhaps genetically based.” The root of Lincoln’s melancholy was his empathy, Goodwin believes, “derived in large part from an acute sensitivity…