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The Cure For Resting Bitch Face

August 10, 2015

Most of the time I look pretty grim. Like I’m about to be caught doing something really bad. From what I understand, I suffer from Resting Bitch Face.

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It doesn’t matter that I feel perfectly fine, it’s just that, as an introvert, I live inside my head.

The intensity thing sometimes gets in the way of having fun. I’m so busy being serious, that I forget to look around and have a good laugh. To do something mindless or silly in the name of fun.

Loosening up tends to be a problem I share with a lot of my coaching clients.  (It’s why I developed the Menu of Fun as a giveaway on my site.) To this end, I’ve gotten big into assigning them (us) movies to make them (us) laugh.

Here are just a few of my all time favorites.  Rent one tonight.  You won’t be sorry.

1. Bridesmaids

 

2. The Heat

 

3. We’re The Millers

 

4. The 40-Year-Old Virgin

 

5. Rat Race

 

OK.  Your mission, Jim, if you choose to accept it, is to have a good laugh.

I’d love to hear about other funny movies you’d recommend!

2 Comments

  • JLI says:
    August 12, 2015 at 12:21 am

    I’ve been accused of the RBF since college. Once at a job during coop semester, I was minding my own business walking down the stairs when an older gentleman stopped me and asked me why I wasn’t smiling, shouldn’t a pretty girl like me be happy? (He then asked me my opinion of the new Miss America who had been crowned that week and when I told him I had no interest, he was shocked, but that’s another story for another day)

    So, that look finally has a name. The years haven’t been kind to my RBF, sorry to say. Gravity is a bitch.

    But I have seen the first 3 movies on your list and they are a riot. Time to check out the other two…

  • JLI says:
    August 12, 2015 at 12:21 am

    I’ve been accused of the RBF since college. Once at a job during coop semester, I was minding my own business walking down the stairs when an older gentleman stopped me and asked me why I wasn’t smiling, shouldn’t a pretty girl like me be happy? (He then asked me my opinion of the new Miss America who had been crowned that week and when I told him I had no interest, he was shocked, but that’s another story for another day)

    So, that look finally has a name. The years haven’t been kind to my RBF, sorry to say. Gravity is a bitch.

    But I have seen the first 3 movies on your list and they are a riot. Time to check out the other two…

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