This past weekend I taught a memoir-writing workshop. Many of the participants had a memoir-in-progress and needed direction about one of the most difficult aspects of writing such as work—that is, ...

What do you tell yourself when someone gives you a compliment? Or when you make a mistake? Call it your inner monologue or your self-talk. Either way, you are talking to yourself all the time in your ...

WHAT was the last thing you said to yourself in your head? A warm word of encouragement or a scathing put-down? For me, it was neither. It was more a loud “aargh!” as one part of my brain tried to ...