Do you sometimes dread attending social events because you anticipate dreadful dynamics? Do you feel stressed when you know you’ll be mixing and mingling with certain family me ...
LaurieTALKS
Tap Dancer, Author, Podcaster, VR Streamer
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Mindset
Redirecting a Play-It-Safe Mindset
There was a time in my life when I desperately wanted to move to Los Angeles and fulfill my dream of earning a living as a tap dancer. Friends, family, and other people whose opini ...
When There’s More Than One World
During my last two years of college in Washington, D.C., I wallowed in an endless cycle of mental anguish and misery. I traveled around the city on a bike because I’d s ...
Life and “52 Card Pickup”
When I was about 12 years old, my brother Kevin approached me with a deck of cards and an offer to play a game called “52 Card Pickup.” I was ecstatic that he wanted to spend time ...
EP 51 | Fresh Start: Permission to Introduce Yourself as the Person You Want to Be
The TALK for this episode is about the advantages of traveling to new places and meeting new faces. Changing environments and then meeting new people in the new environment pre ...
Strange Love, Strange Habits
Do you have some habit that’s stopping you from being all you can be? I used to love watching reality television. One of my fav shows was Strange Love. It featured the romantic ...
Flying First-Class No Matter Where You’re Seated
I travel with Tremaine Dance Conventions. And, believe me, I’ve boarded my fair share of flights.Occasionally I’ll observe a passenger who, while walking through the first-class ca ...
Lost and Found in Solitude
I’d never given much thought to the difference between solitude and loneliness. I discovered it, though, while healing from a breakup. And I’ve come to understand that the distinct ...
Stuck in a Rut? Try Deliberate Optimism
Sometimes life just feels wrong. Like you’re stuck in a rut and going from one bad situation to another.You may even think you’ve got the wrong job, or the wrong relationship, and ...
Envy and Jealousy
Some people use the words envy and jealousy interchangeably, but they’re different.“Envy is the ulcer of the soul,” said the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. Envy is when you d ...
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