Category: meaning
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Real Self-Care
When I heard the title of this book, I vigorously rolled my eyes. But then I heard the subtitle (Crystals, Cleanses, and Bubble Baths Not Included) and realized that Pooja Lakshmin, MD, truly meant real self-care. In fact, she debunks what passes for self-care nowadays and reveals that real self-care…
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Books To Get You Through the Change
If you have (or had) a uterus and ovaries, you know what change I’m talking about. But you might not know as much about it as you’d like or maybe even as much as you think. These books either focus on the change or the reproductive organs at the center…
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Failing the year away
My year of failing continues. Okay, it’s actually been a lifetime of failing. But that’s okay. Really. It’s human — and I’m certain I’m still a human. Over the past month or so, my failures include not updating this blog (5 weeks!), not getting jobs I apply for, not focusing…
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Failure is totally an option — go ahead and embrace it
Failure has traditionally been the scariest f-word in my book. Combine it with that other frightening f-word, fear, and you have the plot line of my life up until about seven months ago. I have lived in fear of failure since I can remember. Even as a small child who…
Brazen Bibliophage 