Growing Pains: Discovering Wholeheartedness as a CollegE Student
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Growing Pains: Discovering Wholeheartedness as a CollegE Student

How is a college student to stumble into wholeheartedness? He or she is to embark on a journey to feel and accept the entire spectrum of emotions that exist, instead of parsing out which emotions are convenient or productive. He or she is to welcome a life that permits slowing down as a revolutionary act of self-care. He or she is to tirelessly walk laps around the world while walking a mile in others’ shoes. He or she is to start living from the heart, and not just the mind.

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Mrs. Leandri’s School of Music
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Mrs. Leandri’s School of Music

I was nervous. Two failed piano teachers down, and I was just about to enter my first lesson with Mrs. Leandri. After painstaking sessions practicing to a metronome at a music school and sitting on a needlepoint embroidered bench that stunk of age at piano teacher #2’s house, I was prepared to give one last go at the instrument I loved.

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