Work Life

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

There’s a reason why the 1987 film Planes, Trains & Automobiles is a beloved staple of the Thanksgiving season. John Candy’s performance of Del Griffith is both hilarious and heartfelt, and the frustration Steve Martin’s character Neal Page feels about his thwarted travel is eminently relatable. The fact that this riotously funny film also offers a sweet and nuanced view of grief, kindness, and generosity is what elevates the film beyond just a road trip comedy.

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Mad in America

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

“G oing to therapy,” once meant quite literally, going , or leaving the house and traveling to the therapist’s office, which was endowed with a certain cultural cache as a socially sanctioned place for people to go to share their most troubling and troublesome thoughts and feelings. Therapy started when you left the house, which is reflected in the oft-uttered phrase I hear clients use: “On the way here I was zeroing in on what I wanted to talk about during today’s session.

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Work Life

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Megan Hellerer is a career coach and founder of Coaching for Underfulfilled Overachievers. She has worked with hundreds of women, including Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, to transform their careers by challenging traditional boxes of success. Her work has been featured in New York , Vogue , The Wall Street Journal , CNBC, and The Times.

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