Remember the movie 8 Mile? Eminem’s character was easily intimidated and had to struggle through a severe lack of confidence. In one of the biggest rap battles of his life, instead of focusing on the other person, he took the other person’s “ammo” away by making fun of himself. He didn’t care about stinging and […]

I can remember many years of trying to fill voids in my life with people who I wanted to be there because they were fun, engaging, attractive, and charismatic. I wanted them there because I saw qualities in them that I wanted for myself; things that I knew I could see in myself but couldn’t […]