Preparing for a job interview is stressful. If you are like me, you will google and write down a long list of possible questions, and write out the best answer for each of them. After a few hours or days of preparation, you will have a 7-10 page document. Reviewing this document, you feel overwhelmed…
Rejection is painful. Whether it’s a romantic interest who stopped returning your texts, a job or promotion you didn’t get, or the dreaded letter from the university’s admissions office, we have all experienced it at one time or another. The worst part is the self-doubt that seeps into your mind. You start to question your…
Managing life transitions and their impact is one of the most difficult challenges we encounter. I describe below a writing activity that I’ve found helpful as I cope with several major life changes that took place the past two and a half years.
It’s been four weeks since M was born. I cried the moment when she came into the world, her tiny body lying on P’s chest, her dark eyes looked expectantly at P. We had been expecting her for nine months, wondering what she would look like and worrying constantly if she was healthy. The anxiety…