Why I decided to kick Jeff to the curb.
Now you know you’re WRONG opening this message hoping for some dirt on my man; though he and I are living in different cities for now, we’re still a couple. …
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For a better-feeling life in 2019, start tiny habits. Here’s a trick for making them stick.
I loved my co-workers (mostly), but my job as Toxics Campaign Scientist at Greenpeace wasn’t working for me—no sooner than I walked in the office, was I itching to walk …
This site got a makeover! (And what that says about small choices we make & little stories we tell.)
A new day has dawned at MimiHarmon.com! It has a new look and culled blog, which I’ll use, starting now, to share news about my projects and occasional bite-sized stories …
Here’s a five-second trick that can change your life.
You’d think that getting sores in my nose would be enough to stop me from eating unsalted roasted peanuts, but no—I eat them, regret it, and do it again another …
Emotional granularity and how it can help you feel better.
In college, I was inadvertently a jerk toward someone in my writing class. She described feeling “happy” in an essay, and I wondered aloud whether she might have used a …
If gratitude journaling isn’t your thing, read this.
A friend once told me that she wouldn’t feel guilty about behaviors that she knew she wouldn’t stop; I got to a point on my spiritual journey where I settled …
Why I didn’t dwell on a diss about my blog.
I got a message from someone saying that my blog posts turned her off. The reasons, as I gathered from what I read, were that I talked down about myself …
Here’s something to remember when things aren’t going right.
There have been two periods in my life when I was so stressed that I worried about getting Bell’s Palsy (paralysis of one side of the face), just like my …
Do you feel like you’re not accomplishing much?
I saw a USPS mail carrier—wearing government-issued shorts—doing her rounds while I was taking my daily power walk. Damn, I thought passing her on the sidewalk, she has some nice …
What’s your version of the truth?
My man Jeff and I took a three-day scouting trip to Greenville before I decided to move there. We stayed at the Poinsette Hotel downtown, whose zip code I plugged …