“You’re flying to LA? Just to get a visa to Europe?”

My friend’s eyes widened in disbelief as she surveyed the mountain of paperwork sprawled across my dining room table.

Being cool is considered, well, pretty cool.

It’s that effortless demeanor and the calm, collected vibe that suggests you’re somehow above the everyday world.

Wellness gurus make it look easy.

They suggest you can glide through life, unshaken by anything and unfazed by what anyone thinks.

Last week, while in LA to give a keynote, I caught up with my friend and brilliant author Tara Schuster over dinner.

I opened up to her about a predicament, and in response she shared a similar experience of her own.