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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 InI was terrified to tell my mother I was gay. There was just one problem: apparently everyone else on Earth already knew....
Childhood Survival Skills That Hurt Us as Adults
The Lies That Save Us—and the Lies That Eventually Own UsI learned to lie as a child. At seventeen, I learned something much more dangerous: sometimes lying works.I have been a liar. There. That’s an excellent way to begin a self-help article. Buy my book! Listen to...
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 HairdresserI have never suffered from a crippling lack of confidence. This may come as a shock to absolutely no one who knows me. As a...
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Jon-David – Author, Podcaster, Hairdresser
