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The Choices We Make After Experiencing Trauma
When trauma occurs in our lives, it cracks us open and makes vulnerable. This level of vulnerability can be incredibly painful and uncomfortable… and in this moment, that’s exactly how…
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The Tortoise, the Hare… and a Finished Manuscript
“The Tortoise and the Hare” is a favorite childhood book of mine. If you’re unfamiliar, it’s one of Aesop’s Fables – a story about a race between a turtle (the…
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Three Days in the Dark
Today’s piece of writing has been housed in a file on my computer for more than a month now, and it might have stayed there inevitably if it wasn’t for…
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Handmade Holiday Gift Guide: The Best of ETSY
2020 Handmade Holiday Gift Guide & Best of ETSY
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I’m In This Month’s Issue of First for Women Magazine!
You guys!!! I am SO EXCITED to be featured in the January 2020 issue of First for Women Magazine! It’s one of the top women’s books in the country with…
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My BuzzFeed Feature Story: Hooping for Depression
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Dark Days Still Come
For a long time, I thought I was healed from depression. That I’d overcome it for good and that it would never strike again. I was diagnosed with clinical depression…
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Stronger, Not Easier
My gym always has motivational quotes on the dry erase board. Today’s said, “It doesn’t get easier. We get stronger.” But the quote didn’t make me think about the number…
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Following Dreams and Embracing the “In Between”
“Do What You Love!” “Follow Your Dreams!” “Manifest Your Reality!” Sounds awesome and… I think we should talk about the “in between.” I’ll start by saying that I preach the…
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Not One, But Two
I just returned home from a 3-hour writing workshop. It’s Fourth of July weekend, and while the class (hosted by Keep St. Pete Lit and appropriated titled “Writer’s Gym”) normally…
