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This article by Una Dabiero first appeared on Fairygodboss and has been republished with permission. 

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You spend hours with your colleagues at work — usually more time than you spend at home. And when you’re in such close quarters with people, you’re just bound to find a few of them annoying sooner or later. But when someone’s behavior is really bothering you (or even the people around you), is it really worth it to bring it up?

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Small talk is about as dreary as the murky skies and as painfully vexing as the overcrowded parkway.

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Someone who I have never met asked me the other day over email if they could just pick my brain for a few minutes... Read...

Financial anxieties are on the rise and, for many of us, triggering memories of the last recession we lived through, in 2008.  Read...

Obsessing about work mistakes? These six strategies can help you put these situations in perspective and find a productive way to move forward.

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With so many schools across the country closed — and little reason to think they’ll be reopening anytime soon — parents today are forced to get creative about managing their children’s educations at home. Read...

How do you survive a cliquey workplace without having to pretend to be someone your not?

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This article by Liv McConnell first appeared on Fairygodboss and has been republished with permission.

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Not to contribute toward society’s habit of picking apart feminine communication patterns, but I’ll say it: in my own life, at least, the tendency to over-apologize was something I had to put effort into unlearning. 

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Does anyone else feel like it’s tough to make new friends once you get older? You’re not alone in that feeling. Read...

Your Monday blues are likely worse if you are going through something you can’t control, like fertility treatment, a parent’s illness, or project deadlines.

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