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10 Ways to Reset Yourself When Everything is Going Wrong

The human experience offers us a variety of experiences and opportunities throughout life and one of those experiences is the everything is going wrong experience.   There have been times in my life that I was offered the experience so often and so frequently that I sometimes just had to laugh at the ridiculousness of […]

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This Year, More

In the South we don’t often get a blanket of white covering our world on New Year’s day, making everything look new and glittery, but that doesn’t stop us from dreaming about the year ahead (and the possibility of a good snow day or two). In years past, I’ve made resolutions, set goals, made bucket […]

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On Violence, Motivation, and Personal Responsibility When The World Seems To Be Burning Down Before Us

I’m the kind of person who always wants to know why. Why do people do the things they do, say the things they say, make the choices they make? Why do some things work and some things fail? I like to know the why because I think the best way to make meaningful, lasting changes […]

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And Just Where Is My “Authentic Self”?

She said “All my life I’ve been pleasin’ everyone but me, Waking up in someone else’s dream” – Faith Hill When I was 12, I got on stage with my friend Julie to sing in the end of year talent show. We chose “Someone Else’s Dream” by Faith Hill. I’m pretty sure we never talked […]

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Why Wouldn’t You Be A Feminist?

“Feminism has fought no wars. It has killed no opponents. It has set up no concentration camps, starved no enemies, practiced no cruelties. Its battles have been for education, for the vote, for better working conditions, for safety in the streets, for child care, for social welfare, for rape crisis centres, women’s refuges, reforms in […]

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