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2609, 2014

Get Smart and Take a Breather

Sometimes we all need to be reminded to step back and smell the roses. This is your reminder.  It is so easy to fall into the traps the world sets for us.  However, we all [...]

2609, 2014

A Get Smart Pep Talk for the Solo Traveler

So your friends are planning yet another trip to Las Vegas or some other party destination...but you’d rather have an adventure. You dream of going on safari in Tanzania, backpacking through Slovenia, or road tripping [...]

2609, 2014

Get Smart about Eating Disorders

Everyone knows someone who has an eating disorder. You have probably heard of: Anorexia - eating very little to maintain a weight less than 85% of what is considered a healthy BMI, and being terrified [...]

2309, 2014

Get Smart about Maintaining Healthy Relationships

Whether they’re your parents, significant others, the first friends you made in kindergarten or the ones you just met in class this semester, the relationships you keep effect you more than you think. We’ve all [...]

2309, 2014

Get Smart about The Social Media SCROLL!

Have you ever had one of those bad days, and when you open Facebook, it just gets worse? Maybe you just received a test grade and it disappointed you even after all those hard all-nighters. [...]

2309, 2014

Get Smart about Where Life Takes You

Four Ways to Survive Post-Graduation “Life is funny isn’t it? Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, just when you finally begin to plan something, get excited about something, and feel like [...]

2209, 2014

A Get Smart Girl’s Long Journey to Self Confidence

As a child, I lacked self confidence. I was so unsure of myself and my appearance. I was skinny, wore glasses and a brace for my spine. Every day I endured kids calling me ugly, [...]

2109, 2014

Meet the new Get Smart GAME CHANGERS!

As a 30-something woman I still can get as ridiculously excited as a 4 year old child. And if there was anything to jump up and down about it's how, in about two weeks, Get [...]

1509, 2014

Conquering The College Essay 101

When I was a senior in high school  - the college process had officially taken over my life! With applying to college comes applications, recommendations, and of course a remarkable essay. As I approached writing [...]

909, 2014

Empowered Women Get Smart about Guys

Workplace inequality is no joke. Each day a women wakes up, she is facing a history that is bigger than all of us. Since basically the dawn of time women and men have not been [...]