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When Your Coworkers Complain About What You Wear to Work
Do your coworkers hate what you wear to work? Here’s how to deal with coworkers who complain about your clothes, cause problems for you at work, and stress you out. “My fellow female employees are much older than I am, and they constantly make comments about the fact that I like to wear heels and [...]
How to Cope With Being Alone in Your Old Age
Are you 40 and scared of being alone when you’re old, or 77 and lonely because you lost more people than you can remember? These tips on coping with being alone in your old age will bring comfort and insight. I hope. This quip summarizes my tips: “It is astonishing how little one feels alone when [...]
Starting Over in Your 60s – After Your Husband Dies
Your husband died, you’re over 60, and you’re devastated. How do you start over when you’re 60 years old and have depended on him for so much? By taking it one moment at a time. These tips for starting over in your 60s may not solve all your problems, but they’ll help you see you’re [...]
Scholarship Essay Sample – How to Get a Bursary for College
How do you get a scholarship for college or university? By writing an excellent personal essay! This sample of an essay for a scholarship application is what I wrote for the Abbott IBD Scholarship, offered in part by the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada. The Abbott IBD (Irritable Bowel Disease) Scholarship Committee gave this [...]
Sample Field Placement Request – Master’s of Social Work at UBC
Even if you’re not going into Social Work, this Sample Field Placement Request will help you clarify your career goals and point you in the right direction. I’m entering my Master’s of Social Work at UBC in September, and my goal is to learn how to be a counselor at a hospital or clinic. This sample Social [...]
How to Quit Your Job When You’re Scared
Maybe you’re scared to quit your job because you don’t have a new job, you need the money, or you don’t want to disappoint your boss (that’s me! I’m not your boss…I’m the person who is scared to quit her job because of what her boss will think). Quitting a job can be difficult for [...]
How Psychotherapy Can Change Your Life – Beyond Talk Therapy
You don’t need years of “talk therapy” to change your life and habits! Here’s how to find a psychotherapist to help you overcome your problems without years of expensive counseling. “Soon after I became a psychotherapist, I realized I could not become the type of therapist my schooling had trained me to become,” writes Manhattan-based therapist [...]
Getting Money From Your Rich Parents – When to Say No
If your parents are wealthy and want to give or loan you money, should you take it? Here’s what happened when a reader’s rich mom offered to financially support him… “My mother is a very wealthy woman, and she offered to support me for the rest of my life, so I could write,” says Rolf [...]
When Your Spouse Withdraws Because of Grief – 5 Ways to Stay Close
Your spouse’s grief process is different from yours – he may withdraw emotionally and physically. These tips for staying close to your grieving spouse will help you reconnect when he is ready. These tips are inspired by a man whose girlfriend is grieving the loss of her child: “My girlfriend lost her spouse 4 years [...]
Why Doing a Good Job Won’t Get You Ahead at Work
Being a good employee – doing a good job at work – isn’t enough to get you promoted or help you advance up the corporate ladder, says psychologist Albert Bernstein. Here, he offers surprising tips for getting ahead at work. “One of the most damaging illusions that people hold about whatever occupation they happen to be [...]
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