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Tension, Heartbreak, and Vocation: Parker J. Palmer

By Reflections.yale.edu — 2012

“Let your life speak,” Quaker wisdom says. It took several years for Parker Palmer—teacher, writer, retreat leader, mentor—to grasp its meaning. Rather than making noble but futile attempts to emulate one’s heroes and their virtues, he says, one must be attentive to one’s own soul, to one’s “deeper and truer life waiting to be acknowledged.”

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Why America Needs the Black Church for its Own Survival

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What’s Missing from the Authenticity Dialogue? Race.

I hear repeatedly that women, people of color, and others whose identities differ from the dominant culture, feel relentless pressure to hide aspects of their identities and conform in order to be accepted, to “fit in,” and to succeed.

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Ritu Bhasin
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Should You Be Your Authentic Self at Work?

If you want to make a greater contribution by sharing all of your unique gifts, then commit to being more appropriately authentic on the job. You’ll likely feel much more engaged in your work, and you’ll increase the odds that you’ll fulfill your professional potential.

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Navigating the Corporate World as Your Authentic Self

By showing up and consistently performing, your results speak for themselves.

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Jacqueline Hendy
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Be Your Authentic Self at Work—But Only If You’re White

Some argue that no one, regardless of race, can or should truly bring their whole selves to work. And, though this may be true, the issue is far more complex for people of color.

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Ludmila Leiva
2018
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The Lady with a Beard: ‘If You’ve Got it, Rock it!’

At 25, Harnaam Kaur holds the world record as the youngest woman to have a full beard. For years, she was bullied. Now she’s an Instagram star.

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