By Rachel Simmons — 2015
It’s not easy to let our kids be less than perfect.
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If we can process our regrets with tenderness and compassion, we can use these hard memories as a part of our wisdom bank.
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Today’s climate activists are driven by environmental worries that are increasingly more urgent, and which feel more personal.
When Peter Keating took off from the starting line at the Boston Marathon, it was the realization of a dream come true, but he never imagined just how unique his 26.2-mile trek would be.
Failure can increase resilience and spur creativity, among other advantages.
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No matter how great your life may be, you will eventually deal with disappointments, setbacks, failures, and even loss and trauma.
Learning to fail is a skill like any other—which means it takes practice. Learn how to thrive in spite of even your most epic mistakes.
Knowing how to deal with failure in a healthy way takes some of the fear out of it—and it might reduce the pain so you can bounce back better than before.
Experiencing failure can teach you lessons that you wouldn’t have learned otherwise—you can learn from failure.
Sage’s birth brought unseen blessings and I’d surreptitiously become a devotee of his teachings. I don’t believe I was his parent so much as he was my teacher. He taught me that love and a mission to serve will move obstacles from any path.
I wasn’t good at practicing self-compassion. My expertise was grit—in fact, I’m one of the “grittiest” people I know.