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Karen DeBonis

Karen DeBonis

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Category: Personal Growth

Accountability matters–here’s why.

September 8, 2020January 11, 2021 Karen DeBonis10 Comments

Holding others accountable is hard for people-pleasers because it involves confrontation, which carries the risk of rejection. It's less scary to pretend negative things don't happen.

Posted in Brain Tumor, Life Lessons, Memoir, People-pleasing, Personal Growth, Self-acceptanceTagged agression, assertive, conflict-averse, empowerment, Facebook, recovery

Pandemic Brain

August 11, 2020January 11, 2021 Karen DeBonis14 Comments

Pandemic Brain is like a pinball machine. When I realized that was what was going on, I already felt better. Funny how naming a problem can do that.

Posted in Life Lessons, Perseverance, Personal Growth, Resilience, Self-acceptance, WritingTagged book proposal, Ellen Degeneres, existential questions, Karen, pinball, pinball machine, uncertainty

Vulnerability, humility, and ego.

July 8, 2020January 11, 2021 Karen DeBonis6 Comments

A recent coffee flood and ego-boosting news from the New York Times tie together many threads.

Posted in Life Lessons, Memoir, People-pleasing, Personal Growth, Self-acceptanceTagged Brene Brown, coffee, Cyrus Habib, ego, Modern Love, New York Times

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