Self help articles
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Finally, A Self-Help Book for Humble Geniuses
Are you a loser? Jim VandeHei, the founder of two successful media startups, has some advice: Don't be. Do you constantly fantasize about crushing your enemies? Don't do that, either. Unless they're a bunch of toxic jerks who really deserve it, which they totally are. These are just a few nuggets of wisdom from VandeHei's forthcoming self-help guide for humble geniuses with rippling abs who win at life.
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The Merger Self, the Seeker Self, and the Lifelong Challenge of Balancing Intimacy and Independence
Each time I see a sparrow inside an airport, I am seized with tenderness for the bird, for living so acutely and concretely a paradox that haunts our human lives in myriad guises — the difficulty of discerning comfort from entrapment, freedom from peril. It is a paradox rooted in the early development of the psyche and most poignantly manifested in our intimate relationships as we confront over and over the boundary between where we end and the other begins, the challenge of balancing intimacy...
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Community Conversations: Furnish Hope is a Bend organization that helps make houses homes, with your help
This week, Lynsey Harris sits down with Megan Martin, the founding executive director of Furnish Hope, a Bend organization that furnishes homes for hundreds of families in need, with the help of donors and volunteers.