My anxiety makes me feel like a liar in relationships. Slowing down has changed how I view love.

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Changing my perspective on time impacted other areas of my life.

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After my brother died, I felt guilty when experiencing joy. I'm learning to let go of that.

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Inside the stressful culture at the Gates Foundation and what it was like to work with Bill and Melinda Gates, according to former employees

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Every year, Bill Gates — and, until she left, Melinda French Gates — would hold multiple meetings with executives of the Gates Foundation to approve plans and budgets, and review strategies.

There are plenty of benefits to having kids participate in sports, but we should also teach them that it's OK to stop

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Soraya Chemaly (not pictured) is the author of "The Resilience Myth."

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My partner and I opened our relationship, and I was surprised by how close I became with his girlfriend

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Rachel Krantz is the author of the memoir "Open: One Woman's Journey Through Love and Polyamory."

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I got tested for the BRCA gene mutation while I was pregnant. With my family history, I knew I wanted a double mastectomy regardless of the results.

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Gila Pfeffer is the author of "Nearly Departed: Adventures in Loss, Cancer, and Other Inconveniences."

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I'm a therapist who's been hospitalized for a manic episode. I worried about the stigma at work — then, another patient recognized me.

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Marcia Naomi Berger is the author of "The Bipolar Therapist: A Journey from Madness to Love and Meaning."

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'Am I delusional?': How to get honest answers according to the former CEO of Pizza Hut, Taco Bell and KFC

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David Novak is the former CEO and cofounder of Yum! Brands restaurants including Pizza Hut, KFC, and Taco Bell.

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Inside Twitter's first-ever company retreat: Jack Dorsey's parents posed for selfies, Elon Musk was a no-show, and employees meditated with the billionaire founder

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Billionaire introvert Jack Dorsey hosted a 3-day Twitter retreat, known as #OneTeam, for 3,500 employees in the summer of 2018.

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The daughter of multi-millionaire oil tycoon Charles Koch thought she had to be liked to deserve to exist, until MDMA therapy

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Psychedelic clinical trials focus on a myriad of hallucinogenic drugs. Elizabeth Koch is a proponent for MDMA in therapy.

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