Category archives: Lifestyle & Personality

Best Way to Deal with Rejection

  •           You re not invited.
  •           You can’t come with us.
  •           I am breaking up with you.
  •           You ‘re not right for our group. Buh-bye.
  •           Ouch.

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Best Way to Deal with Embarrassment

Walking into the guys’ bathroom! Toilet paper sticking to the bottom of your shoe on the dance floor! Vomiting on your crush!

Most embarrassing moments! I love to read them in magazines. Who doesn’t? They’re funny and, best of all, they happened to somebody else! Admit it, though, you’ve had… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Connect with Girls All over the World

You’ve got friends on your street, in your neighborhood, around town . . . maybe you’ve kept in touch with some who moved to dif­ferent states. But do you have any friends in other countries? Ex­pand your horizons. Connect with girls around the world.

Sherry Handel is the CEO and… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Choose the Right Career

What do you want to be when you grow up? You’ve heard that since you were, what, a fetus? I always thought it was kind of fun to think about what career I would have. My second-grade diary says I was going to be a “gym­nastics girl.” Interesting career choice… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Become a Good Manager

You’ve been promoted. Congratulations! One day you’re working the counter, asking customers if they want extra mayo on their sandwich. Or stocking clothes at Limited Too. Or working as a clerk in the bookstore. And then, you get that promotion. You’re now assistant manager or have some important title. You’re… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Be Your Own Best Friend

BFF When you read that, Best Friend Forever, who are you think­ing of?

Well, wait just one second. Atoosa wants you to think of yourself. Presenting: Atoosa Rubenstein, editor-in-chief of CosmoGIRL! In her own words:

It’s funny. Sometimes we girls find ourselves thinking things like: How can I be a… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Be Charitable

Leesa Bellesi is the co-author of The Kingdom Assignment. She and a group of high school students—Katie, Terry, Brittany, Sarah, Shan­non, Kristy, and Molly-will tell you about adding charity to your life:

Charity: Generous giving to the poor or to organizations that look after the sick, the poor, and the… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Be a Volunteer

We’ve got a mother-daughter team here. They wrote a book to­gether, write an advice column for the Girl Scouts Web site to­gether, and now will show you how you can get out and volunteer together. (Well wait, you don’t have to volunteer with your mom, but at least go out… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Be a Role Model

Cathy Ribb’s job is to throw parties—for studios opening new movies and as part of the Young Hollywood Awards, which is spon­sored by the magazine she works for, Movieline. It’s the only awards show to honor younger talent such as James King, Hayden Christensen, Carson Daly, and LeeLee Sobieski. Cathy… Continue Reading…

Best Way to Appreciate Yourself

Kathy Buckley has not had it easy. She was molested as a child. She was labeled retarded, until it was discovered that she had a hearing loss. She was an outcast in school. One day, she lay out on the beach and a lifeguard drove over her with a jeep,… Continue Reading…