Paula BraunJun 18, 20192 minLive Large and Make a DentWhen it first went on air in 1981, Dr. Ruth Westheimer’s late night talk radio show, Sexually Speaking, defied expectations. The sex and...
Paula BraunFeb 2, 20193 minSuper Bowl and Cola Wars, I Can't Take It Anymore!Actually, that's a lie. I'm getting a kick out of watching Coke v. Pepsi unfold as the big game approaches. But I couldn't resist riffing...
Paula BraunNov 3, 20182 minPeople Who Choose to LeadSeth Godin’s latest book, This is Marketing, is for people who choose to lead. It’s a blueprint for making change happen in which Godin...
Paula BraunOct 23, 20182 minLove after Loss Heals Our Deepest WoundsWhat prevents the darker parts of masculinity from being expressed? That question is at the heart of Dennis Kelly’s one-woman monologue...
Paula BraunOct 21, 20182 minKnow Your Worth, Light Up the DarknessWhen it was first published in 2017, Angie Thomas’s novel The Hate U Give debuted at the top of the New York Times’s Young Adult Best...
Paula BraunOct 20, 20182 minStart Here, Now After he was elected in 2014, Ben Sasse emerged as one of the most conservative voices in the US Senate. Full disclosure, based on his...
Paula BraunOct 11, 20183 minLove, Gilda Hits on the TruthGilda Radner was the first person offered a role on the original cast of Saturday Night Live. In the film Love, Gilda director Lisa...
Paula BraunOct 11, 20182 minHappy Death Day GrandmaEighteen years ago my maternal grandmother died of a heart attack. I’m reminded of her death at this time every year, because she died on...
Paula BraunSep 7, 20181 minJokes are How We Avoid Violence and Other Insights from an Evening With Emo PhilipsIn public, Emo Philips (a master comedian known for his keen intellect, falsetto voice, and irreverent one-liners) never, ever breaks...
Paula BraunSep 6, 20183 minSeeking Beauty with Bill Cunningham“The only thing not to give up and to always believe is that ‘he who seeks beauty will find it’". Those are the closing thoughts Bill...
Paula BraunSep 5, 20183 minLife Lessons from Kevin HartIn the book How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big: Kind of the Story of My Life, Scott Adams, creator of Dilbert, describes...
Paula BraunSep 3, 20182 minBackground and Inspiration for Writing This BlogMost bloggers never make it to 1,000 posts. I created Deeply Authentic as an opportunity to buck the trend. My approach: just start, you...