Coming Out to My Parents—When Everyone Already Knew I Was Gay
What if the lowest point in your life became the beginning of your greatest personal transformation? Coming Out of the Closet I Apparently Wasn’t In Coming Out to My Parents—When Everyone Already Knew I Was Gay I was terrified to tell my mother I was gay. There was...
Childhood Survival Skills That Hurt Us as Adults
The Lies That Save Us—and the Lies That Eventually Own Us I learned to lie as a child. At seventeen, I learned something much more dangerous: sometimes lying works. Childhood Survival Skills That Hurt Us as Adults I have been a liar. There. That’s an excellent way to...
Was I Born This Confident—or Did My Parents Create Me?
Was I Born This Confident—or Did My Parents Create Me? Was I Born This Confident—or Did My Parents Create Me? Confidence, Chutzpah, Childhood Survival Skills, and the Making of the Mafia Hairdresser I have never suffered from a crippling lack of confidence. This may...