Fairygodboss

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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I think we both sleep a little sounder curled up with each other. And as annoying and cliché as it sounds, it really won't last forever.

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Our parenting standards are high. As our children and families grow, we may struggle to stay on that perfect course.

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Every child needs to know that they have an unlimited source of support in their parents, who will love and accept them no matter how badly they’ve failed. Read...

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

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Women are always enduring the unwarranted, unsolicited opinions of others on how they should live their lives. Read...

As businesses across the world shutter — with little idea as to whether or when they’ll be able to reopen — countless people are left feeling like their careers have been put on hold.  Read...

Financial anxieties are on the rise and, for many of us, triggering memories of the last recession we lived through, in 2008.  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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How do you survive a cliquey workplace without having to pretend to be someone your not?

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