The Quiet Life with Susan Cain

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"Old and ugly I may be, but inside..."
Quiet Life readers share powerful stories on aging, identity, and becoming someone new
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Sometimes I feel like Job: a love story, from a Quiet Life reader
"I lost everything, only to have it repaid beyond my wildest dreams”
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A Harvard professor's defense of the arts and humanities...
...and the reflective people who produce them, enjoy them, and keep them alive
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Unconditional Love
How to find your way Home: a Socratic dialogue
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My best advice for a socially anxious teenager, child or self
Here are 12 life-changing techniques - please, pass them on and change a life!!
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As a child, were you an orchid or a dandelion?
And: do you have a childhood pain you can't quite get rid of?
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How to navigate social situations involving more than 2 people
Here's the latest edition of our Q and A!
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Want to submit your work to the Quiet Life Art Project?
It could be a poem or painting, it could be a photo of a knitted sock...we love it all.
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You are so gifted and full of heart
Sharing our Quiet Life Community Art Project!
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How to stand up for yourself
...without second-guessing your right to do so
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Do you wonder whether you've "achieved" enough in life?
“Am I a failure that I don't have multitudes of employees under my reign? Or am I a failure for failing my soul?” - Quiet Life member Shannon Reichelt
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How to be courageous, especially in the face of loss or pain
(via the marvelous poetry of C. Cavafy)
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