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It’s easy to look past things like sunlight and a shower when everything feels like it’s crumbling around you. But perhaps that’s the point.
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Some things I know to be true.
Identifying simple truths about my existence creates some solid ground when I am in need of it most.
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A list of things to remember when life gets hard.
And then repeat, repeat, repeat.
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When the only thing braver than saying yes is saying no.
Writing about making big life decisions, because apparently 2024 and 2016 have a lot in common. (Buckle up, it's a long one.)
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Spring healing.
What if it’s not so much a spring cleaning As it is a spring healing? A turning towards safety, Building up a little nest like the robin or sparrow…
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When grief sits with you.
And someone else writes about it better than you ever can.
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Your feelings have a right to be felt.
Even when it feels like they might kill you.
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Actually checking in.
Practicing letting the "spiritual sandpaper" of hard times demand my attention, shape me, transform me.
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Felicitous findings.
One might call it a gratitude list, but really it's just looking for some not-so-small glimmers when the world feels kind-of-awful.
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Softening.
Leveling through a cosmic video game, or something like that.
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How to slow down time.
And what a Laotian bar playing episodes of Friends on repeat has to do with it.
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Looking back.
I will always be a proponent of getting bangs, even if they turn out awful.
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In praise of female friendships
One thing I know for sure.
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Being With
Applying early childhood social-emotional concepts to our adult selves.
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Checking In
Checking In
A weekly essay curiously exploring mental health, personal growth, real relationships, and the messiness of being human.
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