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The Price of Reinventing Yourself: What I Lost While Becoming Someone Else

The Price of Reinventing Yourself: What I Lost While Becoming Someone Else

by adminJD | Sep 19, 2026 | Family & Relationships, Personal Growth

Sometimes reinventing yourself changes your life. Sometimes it costs you something you don’t understand until decades later. The Price of Reinventing Yourself: What I Lost While Becoming Someone Else I reinvented myself when I was fifteen years old. And I was...
Parents and Dreams: Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor & Me

Parents and Dreams: Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor & Me

by adminJD | Sep 18, 2026 | Memoir & Life Stories, Personal Growth

My mother taught me to love Hollywood. She just never really believed I’d become part of it. Parents and Dreams: Rock Hudson, Elizabeth Taylor & Me My mother taught me to love Hollywood. She just never really believed I’d become part of it. My mother loved movie...
Childhood Survival Skills That Hurt Us as Adults

Childhood Survival Skills That Hurt Us as Adults

by adminJD | Sep 18, 2026 | Family & Relationships, Personal Growth

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?

by adminJD | Sep 18, 2026 | Family & Relationships, Personal Growth

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...
How to Un-Gay Your Gay: Spoiler Alert—You Can’t

How to Un-Gay Your Gay: Spoiler Alert—You Can’t

by adminJD | Sep 17, 2026 | LGBTQ+ Life & Identity, Personal Growth

My mother sent me to a psychologist to cure my homosexuality. I couldn’t wait to go. We had very different ideas about how this was going to end. How to Un-Gay Your Gay: Spoiler Alert—You Can’t Let me begin with my position on homosexuality. I am gay. Very gay....
Why Winning Arguments Can Destroy Relationships

Why Winning Arguments Can Destroy Relationships

by adminJD | Sep 16, 2026 | Love & Relationships, Personal Growth

There Are No Winners and Losers in Love The moment I decided I had to win every conflict, I also began learning how to lose relationships. Why Winning Arguments Can Destroy Relationships When I was seventeen years old, I made one of the most important decisions of my...
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