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Speak to your cloud. I was asked by my therapist about my inner critic. Could I picture my inner critic? All I could think of was a heavy, dark, all-encompassing cloud hanging over me, lowering the temperature and the mood on any given day. How do I get rid of a cloud? I can’t just change the weather or the ...

I’ve only watched a couple of episodes of Marie Kondo’s decluttering show Tidying Up but her well-known phrase really stuck with me: Does it Spark joy? What a great way to live life. I’m a little bit of a hoarder myself. Or rather: I love beautiful things and I like to shop, especially for bargains. And it does spark joy ...

Are you winning at life? I don’t have a very competitive spirit. At all. My husband accuses me of being a socialist since I grew up in Sweden. I want everything to be fair and equal. I want everybody to win. I’m not particularly interested in competitive sports. I just want everybody to have fun and get along. Everybody deserves ...

Coming from Sweden I sort of started collecting clogs after a few years living here in the US. I felt it would be a fun way of representing the Swedish culture, so I started buying clogs wherever I saw them for a reasonable price, in thrift stores, or on clearance while visiting Sweden. The thing about clogs is that they’re ...