To hear the movies and books tell it, love answers all our problems. Most of us learn early on that the movies and books are wrong. There’s a clear difference between our notion of what love should be and what it’s like. It’s a hard lesson, but romantic love is...
Life can suck. There are days when things go so badly that you want a refund. We’ve all heard that acceptance is the key to good psychological health, but that does nothing more than leave us in a continual state of anxiety because what we all want is a semblance of...
This is an excerpt from an interview with Michael Frank from Life Lessons. Read the entire interview here: Michael Frank: What are some of the biggest lies and myths about the FBI? And what shocked or surprised you the most when you joined? LaRae Quy: Well like...
Stories of courage have shown up in every culture throughout history. For some reason, we usually associate courage with physical prowess. We love stories about how people risk their lives to rescue a child in a burning building or pull a victim from a car wreck. We...
I learned that FBI agents need mental toughness to chip away at messy cases that can last for years. I learned that to ignore a problem case won’t make it go away, either. Instead, I worked through the problems until I found an answer. Innocent people rely on...
Why can’t I get more things done? Why am I falling behind in my career? Why am I afraid to start something new? Our inner critic can be brutal. It reminds us that we’re not good enough, we’re not smart enough, and we’ll never reach our goal. Our inner critic worries...
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