Esther Kane on: Blasts from the Past
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facebook-icon Many of my clients express confusion and concern about the new complexities of human relationships that have resulted from the advent of Facebook and other websites that make you easily accessible to the world, including people from your past. I, personally, took myself off of Facebook after about two weeks precisely for this reason.

Clients often ask what my take is on posting yourself on Facebook and similar sites and what to do when people contact you from the past that you’re not sure you want to reconnect with.  So in this short article, I’m going to share my thoughts on this topic in the hopes that it may help you navigate the often rocky river of the ever-expanding “here I am all the time for all to see” technology that we are now “blessed” with…

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