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Are you your biggest obstacle? How an Idealist got over her fear of blogging...
Guest blogger Stefanie Muldrow shares her journey of overcoming fear to begin blogging for social good. “Just do it.” I stared at my wedding photographer from across our sticky cafe table. She repeated...
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Want to make a difference but feel overwhelmed? 5 tips to help you get started
Sometimes following through on your vision can be hard. Don’t despair. (Photo via Thinglass on Shutterstock.) You know the kind of difference you want to make in the world. But like many, you may find...
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Conflict averse? Expert tips to help you (tactfully) speak up
It’s perfectly normal to come up blank when faced with an uncomfortable situation. (Photo via tanatat on Shutterstock.) We recently received this question from an Idealist member: I volunteer with...
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3 resources to help you talk to strangers
Stuck? Feeling hopeless? Unsure of your next step? For the almost two decades Idealist has been around, we’ve been asking you—our community—to tell us about the obstacles you face when trying to turn...
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Are you afraid of failure…or success?
Stuck? Feeling hopeless? Unsure of your next step? For the almost two decades Idealist has been around, we’ve been asking you—our community—to tell us about the obstacles you face when trying to turn...
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Poets in Unexpected Places: What art in public spaces can teach us about...
Samantha Thornhill reciting a poem on a Brooklyn-bound Q train.(photo courtesy Syreeta McFadden) Samantha Thornhill and Jon Sands make art out of what many people fear more than death: public speaking....
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Goblins, ghouls, and mission drift: What’s scary about haunted house...
Stuck? Feeling hopeless? Unsure of your next step? For the almost two decades Idealist has been around, we’ve been asking you—our community—to tell us about the obstacles you face when trying to turn...
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Try this! Devour your fear of dying at a Death Cafe
This week’s spotlight: all things death. — Death Cafe is not the title of a new heavy metal LP, nor is it the name of a restaurant where skeletons are served. (Well, maybe it is, but that’s not what...
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This week’s spotlight: all things death. — Can’t make it to a Death Cafe? Try talking about end-of-life issues in the comfort of your home with My Gift of Grace. “We spend most of our lives avoiding...
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Indian designer sees the dreamer in everyone
As we honor Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. this week and people across the U.S. come together to help each other and work toward solving our common problems, we’d like to pose the question: what exactly...
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