How to Know When
Dear Jessica Brennan, I once heard Tina Fey say that when you are first doing improv, one of the most difficult things to learn is when to enter a scene. …
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Bad News About Your Best Self
Dear Jessica Brennan, If you read what I tend to read and listen to what I tend to listen to, you hear a lot about bringing your best self to …
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Avoid Being Agreeable
Dear Jessica Brennan, Sometime back around 1991, Dad bought me some dark chocolate, and no-doubt not wanting to offend him, I said, “oh yum-yum, thank you!” I don’t like dark …
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Alone
Dear Jessica Brennan, I like my own company, and I enjoy solitude, but I don’t like to be lonely. I don’t think anyone does, but I do know some people …
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Isolated Incident
Dear Jessica Brennan, I’m not sure I believe in isolated incidents. What would be a good example of one? I suppose if a truck fell on your head, that would …
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Using the Unexpected
Dear Jessica Brennan, Recently, I heard a 60 Minutes podcast that talked about how researchers use the HIV virus (minus the parts that make it lethal) to introduce modified DNA …
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Winter Depression
Dear Jessica Brennan, If you suffer from depression, please see a doctor. I am not a doctor. I can’t advise you. My reality is not yours. Please read that again …
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Sabotage
Dear Jessica Brennan, Of all the helpless feelings I have ever experienced in my years walking the planet, the feeling of being sabotaged has got to be right up there …
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Brittle
Dear Jessica Brennan, I’m a bit tired of winter – I wrote this on a dreary day. Love, Mum xo Brittle As morning creeps in heavy shoes, And winter’s grey …
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Watch the Bullies Bawl and Blubber
Dear Jessica Brennan, When you meet someone kind, how do you treat them in return? You’re kind, right? However, when you meet someone mean and judgy and manipulative, you run, …
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