![]() ![]() The two become friends in a way that is transformative for Brynn, pushing her out of her comfort zone and into a frame of mind that doesn’t quell the anxiety but does help her feel a bit more in charge of her life and ready to admit just how dark of a place she was in before. ![]() When she meets Skylar, brash and strong, Brynn is at first alarmed by her boldness and then inspired. Brynn hasn’t seen her dad in years, and she is horrified by the idea of a summer on his houseboat with no technology and a whole host of new ways to accidentally die in Florida. Brynn’s intrusive thoughts have led to a persistent obsession with death, and after an alarming blog post of hers gets sent to her mom, Brynn is shipped off to spend the summer with her dad down in Florida in the hopes that a drastic change in location can help her. ![]()
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![]() ![]() The problem with not investing in ourselves. When and why I decided to end my career there for good. In this episode you’ll hear: My biggest struggles throughout my time working in human resources at Pfizer. Tune in to hear how I went from being miserable in a corporate job I hated to pursuing my dream to fix work. I learned that if I wanted something bad enough, I had to be willing to invest in it and I want to share that same message with all of you today. I’m taking you through some of my deepest struggles and eventual realizations about what I had to do to create the life I wanted. Today I’m discussing my own experience at Pfizer. Just because you have a bad experience at a company doesn’t mean that reflects the company’s overall sentiment or culture. Companies are made up of people-good, bad, and indifferent. At the time, I hated it because I loved Barack Obama. That’s right, I’m talking about the global drug company, my former employer, and the place where I decided to end my career in human resources.īack in 2012, Mitt Romney made the statement that corporations are people. ![]() In this last episode of 2020, I’m going to be talking about Pfizer. Punk Rock HR is underwritten by Headspace for Work. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Lying to help children? Who on earth would refuse? Dani's plan is simple: fake a relationship in public, seduce Zaf behind the scenes. Turns out, his sports charity for kids could really use the publicity. Suddenly, half the internet is shipping #DrRugbae - and Zaf is begging Dani to play along. But before she can explain that fact to him, a video of the heroic rescue goes viral. When big, brooding security guard Zafir Ansari rescues Dani from a workplace fire drill gone wrong, it's an obvious sign: PhD student Dani and former rugby player Zaf are destined to sleep together. So Dani asks the universe for the perfect friend-with-benefits - someone who knows the score and knows their way around the bedroom. Romantic partners, whatever their gender, are a distraction at best and a drain at worst. But romance? Been there, done that, burned the T-shirt. USA Today best-selling author Talia Hibbert returns with another charming romantic comedy about a young woman who agrees to fake date her friend after a video of him "rescuing" her from their office building goes viral.ĭanika Brown knows what she wants: professional success, academic renown, and an occasional roll in the hay to relieve all that career-driven tension. ![]() One of Oprah Magazine 's 21 Romance Novels That Are Set to Be the Best of 2020 ![]() ![]() ![]() Mockett’s memoir, Where the Dead Pause and the Japanese Say Goodbye, is an exploration of how the Japanese cope with grief and tragedy, set against the backdrop of the 2011 earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster in Tōhoku, Japan, and her family’s 350-year-old Buddhist temple. Her debut novel, Picking Bones from Ash, was shortlisted for the Saroyan International Prize for Writing and was a finalist for the Paterson Prize. ![]() ![]() She later received her MFA from the Bennington Writers Seminars in Vermont. To request a Zoom link for this event, please contact the Writers Institute at and raised in California to a Japanese mother and American father, Mockett graduated with a degree in East Asian Languages and Civilizations from Columbia University. This event is free and open to the public as part of the Seavey Reading Series at Susquehanna University’s Writers Institute. Photo and Press Release provided by Ayva Kunes - Memoirist, literary journalist, and novelist Marie Mutsuki Mockett will give a virtual reading of her work at 7:30 p.m. ![]() |