Honesty

Is it Risky to Be Honest?

Felice Shapiro | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Conversation, Between Women, Over Fifty, Honesty, Lying, White Lies, Honest, Confessions, Etiquette, Best Friend, Fifty News

More often than not, we know how we are supposed to act. There is a difference between thinking something and saying what's on our minds. But sometimes, it pays to tell the truth.

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Honoring The Honesty Box

Ree Varcoe | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Charity, Trust, Honesty Box, Honesty, Fearless, Becoming Fearless, Faith, Social Angels, Fear, Overcoming Fear, Fear Honesty, Conquering Fear, Be Fearless, Fears, Becoming-Fearless, Healthy Living News

A good many people here still have an intrinsic trust in others in this age when we are quick to doubt, find fault or simply don't trust as easily as did our ancestors. Why is it so hard for us to believe that people will do the right thing when given the opportunity?

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Let Your Kids Know You Can Handle The Truth

The Huffington Post | Susan Stiffelman | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: Lying Kids, Parent Coach, Honesty, When Kids Lie, Talking to Kids, Parents-Parent-Coach, Parenting, Parenting Advice, Parents News

Dear Susan, My 12-year old used to tell me everything, but recently I found out that she lied to my face. She said she was at the home of a friend wh...

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The Emperor's New Santa Suit

Gillian Clark | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Santa Claus, Childhood Memories, Honesty, Santa Claus Myth, Childhood Myths, Parenting, Childhood, Parenting Advice, DC News

I admit to entering a dark room to take a tooth and leave a dollar under the pillow. Perhaps because no adult in my life lied to me, I raised my kids with a tempered version of my mother's honesty. Will it hurt? Yes, only for a minute.

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Wonka's Everlasting Gobstopper: The Ultimate Test of Motherhood

Ree Varcoe | Posted 05.13.2012

Read More: Mother's Day, Everlasting Gobstopper, New Zealand, Honesty, Burnt Chop Syndrome, Kindness, Fearless, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Respect, Becoming-Fearless, Children, Kids, Fearlessness, Motherhood, Becoming Fearless, Healthy Living News

As I approach this Mother's Day, I am going to be fearless while I loosen up the reins and let my children go about making their own choices whenever possible.

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The Psychology of a Hater

Malik Yusef | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Entertainment, Self-Awareness, Honesty, Hatred, Haters, Adolf Hitler, Love, Self-Help, Entertainment News

How do you define a hater? List qualities of a friend. Look at that list. Haters won't possess the qualities you seek out in people. Sometimes we have friends that are constantly tearing us apart -- no constructive criticism, just negativity.

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A False Claim to Divine Morality: Sex, Lies and Pedophiles

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Sex Abuse, Catholic Church, Pedophile Priest, Morality, Honesty, Vatican, World News

The great crime in the Vatican's sex abuse scandal is not the existence of pedophiles within its ranks of priests, although that is bad enough, but the fact that the Church as a matter of policy transferred known pedophiles to unsuspecting parishes.

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Women Are Honestly Writing About Sex: It's About Time

Lisa Guest | Posted 04.27.2012

"If you examine sexy heroines in literature you will see they either lose their lives or their children for expressing their sexuality." I can see now why I was so hesitant. I wasn't willing to die just yet.

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Raising a Transgender Child: A Star is Born

Julie Ross | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Support, Adventure, Courage, Transgender, Social Transition, Children, Honesty, Work in Progress, Parenting, Keeping Perspective, Family, Parents News

Eight months ago, my 9-year-old son tearfully shared with me that his whole life, he had wanted to be a girl.

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Have You Been Accountable?

Kathy Kaehler | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Personal Responsibility, Personal Social Responsibility, Taking Responsibility, Health Personal Responsibility, Personal Accountability, Personal Growth, Honesty, Gps-Soul, Mindfulness, Personal Development, Accountability, Integrity, Healthy Living News

Accountability is not just a mindset but a skill set that everyone can learn and should master. Choose accountability and own it. You will always come out on top.

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A Passover Seder for Dults

Stuart Muszynski | Posted 04.06.2012

Read More: Friendship, Goodness, Empathy, Responsibility, Honesty, Humanity, Respect, Good News, Love, Gratitude, Passover, Haggadah, Passover Seder, Seder, Culture News

For all people, not just Jewish people, Passover is meant to break through the current-day "narrow straights" that restrict us from achieving the potential that can bring us happiness and help the world. But that potential rests on becoming a Dult.

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True Friendship Can Handle the Truth

Nancy Colier | Posted 05.15.2012

Read More: Well-Being, Health, Honesty, Friendship, Love, Spirituality, Wellness, Truth, Mindful, Foxhole, True Friendship, Loyalty, Buddy, Compassion, Real, Happiness, Conscious Relationships, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

True friendship is about meeting in the place of truth, and loving and supporting each other there. Anything else is just a paler shade of polite.

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Brutal Honesty in the Garden

Anne Phillips | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: Environment, Chinese New Year, Honesty, Landscaping, Green News

Last month started a new year for the Chinese lunar calendar. In the Chinese Zodiac this will start the year of the Water Dragon which is a year fill...

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He (Mostly) Has Eyes For Me

Tamara Shayne Kagel | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Women, Relationships, Love and Relationships, Dating Advice, Honesty, Sex, Dating, Cheating, Unfaithful, Love, Faithfulness, Women News

Do we expect our significant others to literally never be turned on by anyone but us? And if we accept that this is not physiologically possible, how much do we want to hear about it?

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One Thing to Know If You Want to Improve Your Communication Skills

Donna Flagg | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Communication Skills, Business, Difficult Conversations, Honesty, Truth, Communication, Skills in Communication, Improve Communication Skills, Interpersonal Communication, Effective Communication, Emotional Intelligence, Healthy Living News

If you think about it, at its core, communication is an exercise in understanding one another better. That's all. This is positive, not negative, despite the industry's tendency to want to turn "difficult conversations," into big, bad, dreaded events. But they don't have to be.

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Michelle, Hillary, Elizabeth

Brent Budowsky | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Equality, Elizabeth Warren, Honesty, Class War, Political Parity, Equal Opportunity, 99 Percent, New Ideas, Margaret Thatcher, New Vision, Decensy, Michelle Obama, Eleanor Roosevelt, Edward Kennedy, Discrimination, Fairness, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

This is a story about three great women and two historic waves that embody the political, social, cultural, economic and consumer waves that are transforming America and the world in real time.

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Stop Judging: The Beauty Of A Body That Practices Regular Yoga

Kathryn Budig | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Yoga, Controversy, Viral Video, Honesty, Briohny Kate-Smyth, Kathryn Budig, Yoga Controversy, Briohny Kate-Smyth Controversy, Briohny Kate-Smyth Equinox, Video, Healthy Living News

The controversy surrounding a recent yoga video serves as a gentle reminder that we are quick to judge when we have no idea where someone else is coming from. People often overcome mountains of adversary to be in a place where they can shine.

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6 Good Reasons To Tell Your Children Bald-Faced Lies

Rhiana Maidenberg | Posted 03.13.2012

Read More: Motherhood, Lies, Parenting, Bad Habits, Children, Parents-How-To, Honesty, Lying to Toddlers, Parents-Toddlers, Parents-Moms, Parents News

As parents we lie for various reasons. Many of them are for the benefit of our children, but in the spirit of "truthiness" the majority of these deceptions are for our own sake. Here are just a few of the reasons we so readily bend the truth with our little ones.

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When Giving Friends Advice, How Honest Should You Be?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Friendship, Friend, Friendship Expert, Change, Trust, Truthful, Tact, Authenticity, Friendship Advice, Honesty, Truth, Dropping Friends, Women News

"My experience is that people don't really want authenticity but think they do --- until it gets hard and difficult scenarios come up."

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Do You Unmask the Tooth Fairy?

Dr. G | Posted 02.06.2012

Read More: Games, Tooth Fairy, Children, Kids, Honesty, Parenting, Telling the Truth, Truth, Parents News

The Tooth Fairy is a game and you owe it to your kid to say, "This is a game." I know that some parents feel that would crush the beautiful, innocent soul of their believer. I say two things.

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Are More Women Cheating To Get Ahead?

HuffingtonPost.com | Claire Gordon | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: High School Cheating, Career & Money, Gender Gap, Video, Women Cheating, Corporate Cheating, Honesty, Graduate School Cheating, Cheating Gender Gap, Sat Cheating Scandal New York, SAT Cheating, Don McCabe, SAT Cheating Scandal, College Cheating, Women News

The Long Island SAT cheating ring uncovered last month captured, for many pundits, several dark truths of our times: the crushing competitiveness of c...

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Acceptance: A Necessary Risk

Dr. Cheryl Pappas | Posted 01.29.2012

Read More: Political Correctnessfighting, Acceptance, John Boehner, Honesty, Psychology, Media, Celebrity, Barack Obama, Politics News

What does it mean to practice acceptance in our closest relationships? Acceptance, like its blood relative, forgiveness, is a matter for serious stud...

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Saluting Rapists

Robert Koehler | Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Penn State, Rape, Military, Values, Honesty, Honor, Sexual Abuse, Jocelyn Elders, The Citadel, Sexuality, Masturbation, Politics News

When sex is hidden in the shadows -- when it's something you can't talk about (but you can brag about) -- it easily becomes one more tool of domination, wrapped in an unspeakable shame that preserves its secrecy.

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People Should Come With Warning Labels

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 01.22.2012

Read More: Government, Transparency, Honesty, Business Ethics, Humor, Comedy News

Wouldn't it be great if people announced their dysfunctions and hidden agendas at the start of a relationship rather than you having to discover it later? Think about how much time you would save.

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Confessions of a Mask: The Temptations of Online Anonymity

Mark Matousek | Posted 01.16.2012

Read More: Online Dating, Online Privacy, Dating, Relationships, Honesty in Relationships, Honesty, Dating Ethics, Online Dating Ethics, Style News

Online dating has become institutionalized lying. Even in casual socializing, the devil of deception has too free reign in the all-too-anonymous details. This is bad for self-confidence, bad for love and worst for our need for human connection without avatars, screen names or clicking mouses.

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