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January 6, 2025 Culture, Love and Marriage, Videos

Limerence is NOT Love

January 6, 2025 Culture, Love and Marriage, Videos

Limerence is an involuntary state of intense romantic desire for another person, characterized by intrusive and obsessive thoughts, feelings, and…

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My Mother was a Greenliving Minimalist Before Instagram Told You It was a Thing You Should Be Doing
September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Culture, Raising Kids, working mom

My Mother was a Greenliving Minimalist Before Instagram Told You It was a Thing You Should Be Doing

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Culture, Raising Kids, working mom

I took my daughter thrift store shopping a few weeks ago and she was intrigued by the artifacts we found…

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Books Black Bookworms are Anticipating in 2019
January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Book Worm, Culture

Books Black Bookworms are Anticipating in 2019

January 2, 2019January 2, 2019 Book Worm, Culture

2018 isn’t even decomposing in its grave and I am on my THANK U, NEXT! . As for books authored…

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Why are some of the greatest fiction writers of our day afraid to challenge the status quo?!
January 19, 2018September 22, 2018 Book Worm, Culture

Why are some of the greatest fiction writers of our day afraid to challenge the status quo?!

January 19, 2018September 22, 2018 Book Worm, Culture

Even when I love the world these imaginative writers create, I’m disappointed by certain reoccurring elements

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January 15, 2018September 21, 2018 Culture, Raising Kids

Learning to Let Our Daughters Frown

January 15, 2018September 21, 2018 Culture, Raising Kids

And I wonder how often we force girls to play a role to fit the confines of our expectations at the cost of their individuality and self-expression?

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November 16, 2017September 21, 2018 Culture, Raising Kids

Photo Series: Reaching for Ambrosia

November 16, 2017September 21, 2018 Culture, Raising Kids

There’s this fruit tree existing amongst concrete and steel, yet it dares to bare fruit. Out of reach. She’s got…

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Most of us didn’t grow up learning how to spot u Most of us didn’t grow up learning how to spot unhealthy relationship dynamics; we learned by surviving them. But we can change that cycle for our kids. 
If you notice any of these signs, don’t panic. Open the door for conversation without judgment. Ask questions like: 

● “How do you feel when you’re around them?” 
● “Do you feel like you can say no?” 

Let’s raise emotionally safe, self-aware kids. It starts with us. 

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