Have you ever found someone’s LinkedIn profile or professional bio and immediately felt intimidated? Maybe their title sounded impressive. Maybe their career seemed polished and clear. Maybe you started imagining how wonderful their life must be, how confident they must feel, or how far away you ...

  Sometimes the expectations come from other people. Sometimes they come from old versions of you. You “should” be married by now. You “should” have kids. You “should” be further along. You “should” have a more impressive-sounding title. You “should” have a “stable” job. You “should” feel gratefu...

Are you being too tough on yourself? I have been asking myself that question as I work on setting up my garden. For a while, I focused on what had not happened yet. The layout was not clear. The fence was still in progress. Other people seemed to have beautiful, productive gardens already, and I ...

As a law student, I learned the IRAC method. IRAC is a structured legal analysis method that stands for Issue, Rule, Application, and Conclusion. It is used to organize reasoning and communicate legal arguments clearly. That may sound specific to the legal field, but the framework can be useful i...