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2103, 2016

Law of Opposites: Finding Empowerment in the Dark

Very long story short, in my senior year of high school, my entire life changed. Had you asked me then, I’d say it was changing for the worse. Today, four years later, I have learned [...]

2103, 2016

Get the Feel of This

Artificial intelligence may be imminent, but that doesn’t mean we need to start acting like robots now. Power and leadership seem to go hand in hand with lack of emotion, or coolness. The idea of [...]

1403, 2016

A Letter to My 25-year-Old Self

Dear Steph, As I approach 40, I want to tell you some important things. So, you see, life may not exactly turn out exactly as you thought it would. You know all those timelines and [...]

1403, 2016

10 Ways to Cope with Stress Without the Mess

It’s Midterm week, Spring break is around the corner, and an enormous weight has been placed on my shoulders once again. With so many errands to run, so much material to learn, and so much [...]

1403, 2016

Lessons Learned from Dating My Best Friend

I met Max my freshman year of high school, when I was 14. However, we didn’t start dating until I was 19. I’m not exactly sure how it happened, but we started spending more and [...]

703, 2016

Get Smart and Believe in Yourself

With graduation getting closer and closer, most college seniors are in stress-out mode for “Well, what comes next after graduation?” Each person is different and prefers a different route; some stay home and cool off [...]

703, 2016

Turning the Negative into Positive

Divorce. What do you think of when you hear the word divorce? Maybe the word relates to your family, or a friend's family. Maybe it does not relate to you at all. People automatically think [...]

703, 2016

Get Smart: What is Happiness to You?

Happiness. It is defined by Google as “the state of being happy.” I know reading this on an inspirational blogging/vlogging, site you’re probably thinking, “Oh great, another happiness speech going on and on about how [...]

703, 2016

Get Smart and Enjoy the Middle

One of the most prominent feelings that I can remember in high school was the exact moment that it ended. We swore that we wouldn't make it out alive and that those days never had [...]

703, 2016

The Best Dating Advice I Ever Got Was Completely Wrong

I remember sitting at home one day many years ago, watching “The Maury Show,” as I always loved to do on my free mornings. I was watching this woman cry over a man that she [...]