What epiphanies and thought processes have helped you love yourself? [more inside]
posted by mossicle on Nov 3, 2009 - 34 answers

I am looking for anecdotes, stories, and pieces of wisdom where "giving up" led to increased happiness and peace of mind. [more inside]
posted by DeltaForce on Sep 15, 2009 - 21 answers

"... and loved the sorrows of your changing face." Help me accept the fact that I'm aging. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Sep 5, 2009 - 34 answers

My parents split about a year ago. My father has started dating under unusual circumstances, and it makes me somewhat angry. Am I overreacting? How can I find peace with the situation? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 4, 2009 - 32 answers

How do you start over, with a new love or without one? Heartfelt, soul-searching soap opera of my life and love inside. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jan 9, 2009 - 31 answers

Expat/citizenship Filter: Before I became eligible to apply for citizenship in the country I live in, I was all for it. Now that it's six months past my first date of eligibility, I'm not so sure. Anyone else been through this process? Any advice? Any advice or stories from you wonderful Mefites to help a girl make up her mind? [more inside]
posted by Grrlscout on Nov 30, 2008 - 21 answers

Should I continue to be myself or change for the sake of acceptance? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Oct 14, 2008 - 24 answers

How to reflect on uncomfortable events (and relate to them in a healthy way)? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 31, 2008 - 10 answers

How can I be calm when someone around me is angry? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on May 21, 2008 - 21 answers

What are some audacious things that people have done to convince someone of their goal/cause/opinion or change their mind - and succeed? [more inside]
posted by divabat on Mar 27, 2008 - 17 answers

I've been trying to find online a video of Stanley Donen accepting his honorary academy award in 1997 without much success. I have a very vague memory of it and I'm longing to see it again. It's been taken down from YouTube and I was wondering if anyone knows where else it may be hiding. My search skills are crap. [more inside]
posted by h00py on Mar 5, 2008 - 2 answers

Help me be accepted to Oxford University. I am not concerned with academic requirements (my grades are excellent). I need to know what I can do to set myself apart from all the other ambitious and overeducated nerds who will be fighting for my place. I have exactly two years to make myself amazing. [more inside]
posted by rhinny on Nov 23, 2007 - 30 answers

Have you purposefully changed your standard of beauty? If so, how did you do it? I want to redefine what I find beautiful, and I don’t know how to accomplish it. [more inside]
posted by esilenna on Apr 30, 2007 - 63 answers

Help me interpret the response I received from graduate school, and give me advice on how to proceed. [more inside]
posted by contraption on Mar 24, 2007 - 24 answers

How do I get my father to understand me? [more inside]
posted by bigmusic on Feb 13, 2006 - 33 answers

Graduate school acceptance. Or really, not. I need some advice from all of you over-educated metafilterites. What do you do when you don't get accepted to your first choice graduate school? Besides, obviously, not attend. Have any of you had any luck with reapplying, and if so, what did you change on your application to "do the trick?" Anyone have luck with taking classes as a non-matriculated student just to get your foot in the door? Any advice is much appreciated.
posted by hummus on May 10, 2004 - 14 answers

AskMefi, what would you say are the best places to live, for those of multiracial descent? NYC, Los Angeles, and the Bay Area are all good, but where else have people found acceptance and feel comfortable?
posted by jare2003 on Apr 29, 2004 - 47 answers