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“Decolonize our minds” with Yanna Joanne Papadopoulos of Teenacers

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Decolonize our minds ; We fear change because we believe it will contribute to loss of power. Understanding that power and privilege were not rightfully anyone’s to keep. We are in an arena that is modeled after colonialism. It only benefits those already in power. Thank you so much for doing this with us! Am I an “immigrant success story?”

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Trainer Shaun Zetlin: “Don’t fear fear itself!”

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Experiencing mistakes gives you the ability to learn and grow into reaching your highest self. New growth is vital for change into again becoming your best self. Before we start, our readers would love to “get to know you” a bit better. It’s perfectly fine to make a mistake because all mistakes?—?no

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Alana Van Der Sluys On How We Need To Redefine Success

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The other experience that shaped me was rather a series of “micro-experiences” related to external validation. My three college degrees, awards, my son, my marriage, my friendships, my book, my teaching career, learning how to manage my thoughts and emotions better, my eating disorder recovery. And that will sum up to success.

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Social Media Shaming and SnapChat – Ranting!

What is Paul Thinking

In fact, I love new stuff and am usually right in there with the early birds. I get you need validation for your choice and the probably inordinate amount of time you spend on it with little or no return. I get you need validation for your choice and the probably inordinate amount of time you spend on it with little or no return.

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Sasha Jackson: “You can just be without the urgency of doing something”

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Before we dive into the main focus of our interview, our readers would love to “get to know you” a bit better. We’d love to hear the story. What does this mean? We all need to know that we have a sense of control and superiority in our life. She is a graduate of the University of Southern California with a Master of Social Work degree.

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Doug Cartwright: “You can’t predict the path”

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Before we start, our readers would love to “get to know you” a bit better. You can’t predict the path: When we first start an organization we are so set on exactly how we are going achieve our goals When I first started The Daily Shifts, It was just an app. And the idea of just an app was exciting enough to get me moving.

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The Gifts of Lost Identity

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Your social number tagged as fraudulent, and there’s no way to prove who you once were. Only post-crash and burn could I see the messy truth: the career I’d prepared for and longed for since I was 14-years-old was, in part, built on a foundation of needing to be validated — to be told I was someone , to be special, so I could matter.