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8 Books to Help You Heal from Childhood Wounds and Estrangement
Estrangement is a final boundary that many adult children choose to enforce with their parents after a lifetime of not being heard, valued, or respected. It’s not a decision that people make lightly or easily — indeed, there are countless barriers to estrangement that come from a societal belief that family is an immutable, infallible… Read more
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Celebrate Biden’s Win, But We Still Have Work to Do
I went to sleep on election night 2016 confident that I would wake up to our country’s first female president, and I awoke the next morning and felt ice in my stomach. Many of my friends said that they cried during election night and the morning after. I didn’t cry, I just felt numb and… Read more
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Young Environmentalists Are the Key to Addressing Climate Change
By the end of this blog, I want you to share it with at least one eligible student who you thought of while reading! Teen environmentalists have been making waves in recent years. Greta Thunberg, a 17-year-old Swedish environmentalist, address the UN Climate Change Conference in 2018 and inspired student climate strikes across the globe.… Read more
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Doing the Work
You may have noticed a distinct lack of blog posts around here for the last few weeks! I took June off to rest for my mental health and I’m looking forward to getting back to a regular writing schedule. It’s been hard to know what to say lately. I support the Black Lives Matter movement… Read more
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Get a Pep Talk Every Monday!
I miss talking to you. I’ve been blogging on Medium, posting a few blogs here, writing a proposal for my second book, and working on an online course. But sometimes I miss the old days when I’d chat with people in the comments of my blogs and get to know my readers. So, to stay… Read more
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Work with Me One on One in 2020
In September 2019, I started working with a professional coach to help me with my goal to write more consistently. I had an idea for a new book rolling around in my head and also wanted to be more consistent with blogging. Three months later, I was well into planning a workshop that I’ll be… Read more
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5 Reasons to Update Your Resume for the New Year
This post will explore 5 reasons you should dust off the ol’ resume for the new year, even if you’re not job searching. Read more
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Eco Friendly Products for Your New Year’s Resolutions
It’s the most wonderful time of the year… goal setting season. I love a good New Year’s Resolution, and I also love shopping consciously. This blog post will outline a few products you can feel better about using compared to their traditional high-waste counterparts. Personal Care Akamai Basics offers a refreshing alternative to personal care… Read more
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3 Printable Mindfulness Exercises to Reduce Stress
Life can be stressful. From careers to family and everything in between, just getting from day to day sometimes feels like chaos. Luckily, there are ways you can manage your stress levels. It’s important to take a critical look at the commitments and tasks on your to-do list and evaluate how these things can improve… Read more
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A Minimalist Approach to Handling Credit Like a Boss
What? A blog about credit? It’s true. I am no longer the die-hard “never ever ever ever ever use credit ever ever” person I once was. Partly due to reading Broke Millennial and partly due to just realizing that perfection is impossible and sometimes it really is okay to do what you can and do… Read more
