By Cassie Livingston
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Jul 2nd, 2020
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article by LAURA W CLARK Several years ago, a friend and I were about to discuss a political issue. She stopped me and said, “You know what? There’s no way you and I are ever going to agree about this topic, so there’s no point in even discussing it.” She then changed the conversation to […]...
By Cassie Livingston
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Apr 29th, 2020
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article by LAURA W CLARK I’m writing this column while looking through the large living room window of my childhood home in South Dakota. I gazed through this window a lot growing up, especially when the world seemed too big, and my problems even bigger. It calmed me to look at our back yard and [&he...
By Nathan Coker
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Jan 28th, 2020
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article by LAURA W CLARK When I was raking leaves in our front yard at six years old, my grandfather rested his large, heavy hand on my shoulder and said, “I like that you’re a hard worker and that you never quit.” I adored him, so his comments warmed me while we were outside in […]...
By Nathan Coker
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Dec 30th, 2019
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article by LAURA W CLARK My New Year’s resolutions have evolved since the 1980s when I vowed to take excellent care of my Christmas present: a new Cabbage Patch Kid, Ramona. I taped her birth certificate to my Strawberry Shortcake bedroom wall, and I pledged—aloud—to be “the best mother.” At seven ye...
By Nathan Coker
In Laura W. Clark
Nov 30th, 2019
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article by Laura W. Clark When my newsroom cubemate, Jomay, turned to me and said, “Girls have to stick together,” I smiled and did not think much more about it, except that her phrasing reminded me of Cindy Lauper’s, “Girls Just Want To Have Fun.” I was 24 years old, and Jomay, who had significantly...
By Nathan Coker
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Oct 28th, 2019
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TAKE CARE OF YOUR MENTAL HEALTH article by Laura W. Clark Gasping for air, I jumped out of bed at 3 a.m. during my seventh month of pregnancy with my firstborn. Before this jolt, I had been sleeping. Now fully awake, I forced myself to sit on the edge of my bed. Breathing was difficult, […]...
By Nathan Coker
In Laura W. Clark
Sep 30th, 2019
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article by Laura W. Clark As a young professional, I found it easy to ask for help. Soon after I became the media relations director at the University of Louisiana at Monroe, I joined an email listserve for public relations professionals working in higher education. Each month, I sent hundreds of que...
By Nathan Coker
In Laura W. Clark
Aug 30th, 2019
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article by Laura W. Clark Take a moment, and type the word, “sorry” into the search function of your email program’s sent folder. I did, and despite all of my training on how to communicate with confidence, I was astounded by how many times I typed that word in my emails. We know that women […...
By Nathan Coker
In Laura W. Clark
Jul 1st, 2019
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article by Laura W. Clark Ionce attended a meeting expecting a fairly heated debate regarding a proposed policy that several managers disliked. During the actual meeting, I listened to the debate and quickly noticed that few of my female colleagues spoke out against the issue. This floored me because...
By Nathan Coker
In Laura W. Clark
May 28th, 2019
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article by Laura W. Clark The story of the 1912 Titanic ship—a beautiful ocean vessel that ended in tragedy—fascinated me when I was 14. I was horrified to learn that people had been mostly saved according to their social class. So, when my school’s English speech instructor asked us to choose a topi...
