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Claire Bennet vs Samantha LaRusso: Two Teenage Heroes, Two Completely Different Battles

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 Two teenage girls. Two hugely popular television franchises. Two very different ideas of what it means to survive. Claire Bennet from Heroes and Samantha LaRusso from Cobra Kai may come from completely different worlds, but their stories share more DNA than it first appears. Claire is the cheerleader who discovers that her body can regenerate from almost any injury. Sam is the daughter of Daniel LaRusso, raised in the shadow of one of cinema and television’s most recognizable martial-arts legacies. One possesses an extraordinary supernatural ability. The other has to survive with nothing more than training, determination, family support and her own ability to overcome fear. That difference makes their comparison fascinating. Claire Bennet: The Girl Who Was Never Allowed to Be Normal When Heroes introduced Claire Bennet, she initially looked like an ordinary American teenager. She was a cheerleader. She worried about school, relationships, popularity and her family. Then she dis...
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Breaking Free from Routine

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 We live in a fictional world of likes and posts, believing that other people’s lives are better and more colorful than ours. When you wake up in the morning and open your phone, it sets a trajectory that shapes your entire day. You see someone on Facebook and can’t shake off that thought or memory for hours. Then you see a picture and dwell on it, and before you know it, your day has passed unnoticed while your energy is spent elsewhere. I recommend another approach: when you wake up in the morning, go for a walk in the park. In the afternoon, after work, put your phone on airplane mode so it doesn’t distract you. There is something magnetic about nature. Listening to the sounds of birds and the rustling of trees brings back an ancient sense of calm, making it easier to find the right answers through intuition. If you have the opportunity, travel. If not, even taking the train to a nearby city, walking around, and returning the same day can have a profound effect on you. Breaking ...
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