Tag: advice
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If I Could Go Back in Time: What Older Me Would Tell Younger Me
If I could time travel back to my young adulthood and offer up the most important advice possible to make the intervening years oh-so-much-easier to bear, what would I tell Young Lorna? I’ve blown off the question more times than I can count. That’s because, until now, I’ve looked at the question from this side…
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Why Let Your Last Boyfriend Choose Your Next One?
Speaking of past boyfriends, these are little “swamp things” growing out of the muck in a rather lovely lake near my home. Photo copyright by Lorna Tedder, all rights reserved. From the upcoming book,23 Ways I Screwed Up My Life with the Law of Attraction—and How I Fixed It You wouldn’t let your last boyfriend–the…
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7 Tips to Stop Getting Advice You Don't Want
Bowl of Smoke photo by Melanie Cook. A few years back, imperfect strangers would stop me in the grocery store and give me advice. On everything. My looks, my clothes, my love life, my purchases. Everything. If one more person had told me what I should do with my life, I would have exploded. I…
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The Best Happiness Advice a Teen Ever Gave Her Mom
Photo by Derek Kolb. Since my divorce three years ago, my older daughter has come up with some real gems. Forget all the self-help gurus in the world–my teenager’s guidelines for joyful living boil down to these three. Never take advice from unhappy people. That might seem simple, but how often do we really think…