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37 Great Things About Turning 37
In celebration of 37 years around the sun, here are 37 things I’ve learned and want to share with you: 1. Live a healthy lifestyle.It’s true, your metabolism slows down as you get older. (Mine basically went on a permanent vacation after I turned 30!)…
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For a woman, you’re very opinionated…
Well, Yes, I’m an Opinionated Woman, and IDGAF About It When you’re a woman with strong opinions, ironically, people seem to have a lot of opinions about you.In a world that still tries to train women to be docile and submissive, bold, empowered, and strong-minded…
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Wounds That Time Won’t Heal
What is Child Trauma? “Child trauma” refers to a scary, dangerous, violent, or life-threatening event that happens to a child (0–18 years of age). This type of event may also happen to someone the child knows, and they may be impacted as a result of…
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Okay to Not be Okay. Really!
Sometimes it feels like society expects us to be happy all the time, like showing sadness is some kind of weakness.What the fuck? Seriously.If you bottled up all your sadness and anger, you’d eventually explode. We all have good and bad days.No one is perfectly…
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What if tomorrow never comes?
I still miss the sound of your voice, the wisdom in your advice, the stories of your life – and simply being in your presence.So no, time changes nothing.I miss you just as much today as I did the day you died.I miss you, Dad.Sixteen…
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Winter is coming and so is the pain…
Cold temperatures are rough on everyone, but if you live with fibromyalgia, you already know that winter can feel like a full-on assault on your body. Fibro flare-ups often worsen in colder months. The pain becomes heavier, joints stiffer, muscles tighter. You go from managing…
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Stop Using Mental Illness as an Insult
This needs to be said more often than it is.Using mental illness as a way to insult someone is not edgy.It’s not clever.It’s harmful. Every time I see someone throw around words like “psycho,” “bipolar,” or “schizo” as an insult, my chest tightens. It’s not…
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100 Things That Makes Me Happy
Oftentimes, I catch myself focusing too much on the negatives. I think a lot of us do; we dwell on the things that stress us out or make us anxious way more than we celebrate what actually brings us joy. So today, I made a…
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Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired
I’m tired. No… that’s not even the right word. I’m fatigued. Exhausted. Drained in a way no amount of sleep could ever fix. I’m tired of having to constantly reintroduce myself – and my mental illnesses.Tired of being asked “How are you?” and having no…