Time to Find a New Room
Dear Jessica Brennan, Recently a clever person reminded me that if you’re the smartest person in the class, you’re in the wrong class. As I was thinking about why this …
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Awakenings and Breakdowns. They Feel the Same to Me
Dear Jessica Brennan, I have noticed that in an eerie and otherworldly way, a few days or weeks before a profound shift happens in my life — good or bad …
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Accepting it All – Good, Bad + Ugly
Dear Jessica Brennan, Acceptance is not about liking or agreeing with the current situation in your life; instead, it’s about acknowledging your reality and understanding what is truly happening. This …
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Once Upon a Time, There Was a Child
Dear Jessica Brennan, I loved you thoroughly as a child, a teenager and an adult. That’s indisputable. However, my love did not protect you from bumps and bruises along the …
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The Sins of the Ancestors
Dear Jessica Brennan, It is a recent realization for me that emotional heaviness is generational. All people have secrets, and all families and ancestors have secrets. We drag those secrets …
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A Few Words About Rejection
Dear Jessica Brennan, I now know a few things about rejection since writing my mystery. All creative people, whether musicians, actors, writers or visual artists, must brace themselves for rejection. …
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Adopt a New Currency
Dear Jessica Brennan, In a world crammed with emptiness and useless stuff bought with borrowed money used to fill a bottomless void in humanity’s brokenness, let kindness be your currency. …
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Life Won’t Protect You
Dear Jessica Brennan, There is an excellent chance:Life won’t protect you.No one will come to save you.You aren’t going to win the lottery.You will bear the consequences of your actions.The …
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If I Only Had the Nerve
Dear Jessica Brennan, The interesting thing about bravery is that you usually don’t feel brave when you’re being brave. If you’re waiting for some surge of courage to overcome you, …
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What Should I Bring to the Potluck?
Dear Jessica Brennan, You can learn a lot about people over a dinner table. Production companies make whole television series about this. I mean, look at the late Anthony Bourdain, and …
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