Get Out of the Way
Dear Jessica Brennan, When your Dad’s dad, the great George Brennan was alive, his advice to parents who were trying to micromanage their kids’ lives was, “Oh, get out of …
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The Currency of Kindness
Dear Jessica Brennan, I have started intentionally adding kindness to the equation of my life. What I mean by this is, I don’t make a decision based solely on economics …
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Love, Love, Love
Dear Jessica Brennan, We all talk a big game about love. Love your neighbour. All you need is love. Love is in the air. But is it? Love is more …
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10 Ways to Get Out of the Frenzy
Dear Jessica Brennan, In this world of needing to strive, and to be accomplished, and be something, I often find myself in a kind of mental and emotional frenzy. …
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4 Bad Words I Love
Dear Jessica Brennan, It only took me about 50 years, but I finally recognized something I do to myself that I think others do also. It is an act of …
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And Nothing But the Truth
Dear Jessica Brennan, Have you ever known something for certain and then found out you’re wrong? Was it because you didn’t have all the information when you formed your opinion? …
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Good and Getting Better
Dear Jessica Brennan, Last week I ran into an old acquaintance in the parking lot of a local store and when I asked her how she was, she gave me …
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Say it Out Loud
Dear Jessica Brennan, I listen to a lot of speakers and read quite a bit about the power of the mind, and one thing that keeps coming up for me …
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What Did I Learn From Bill Clinton?
Dear Jessica Brennan, Maybe sometime around 2005, I heard Bill Clinton speak in Toronto. Having only ever seen him on television up until that point, I was quite taken with …
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Iyanla Vanzant Doesn’t Know Me
Dear Jessica Brennan, Recently I stumbled on a podcast in Oprah’s Super Soul Conversations with Iyanla Vanzant. Now, I must have been living under a rock because I had never …
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