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

As I look around my office, I know that one in ten of my colleagues have social anxiety. But I still feel like it’s my secret problem.

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.

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

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. 

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

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?

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.

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

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