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What’s Really Behind Our Resistance to Making Changes?
How It Feels to Be Non-Essential as the Vaccine Rolls Out
How to Avoid Motion Sickness When the World Won’t Stop Spinning
We Should Be Wary of the Stories We Tell Ourselves
Healthy Relationships Require Tough Conversations
I Let You Know Me, and You Used It to Break Me
Not Wanting to Lose Her isn’t the Same as Wanting to Keep Her
Thank You for Being Present- and A Present- for Me This Year
Investing in Our Health Requires a Mindset (and Budget) Adjustment
The Queen’s Gambit: A Masterful Portrayal of the Anything but Idyllic 1950s
When I Stopped Fighting for Us, I Started Fighting for Me
Self-Care Over Achievement: Things to Do for You Before the New Year
Aging Gracefully When We’re Not Allowed to Age At All
Jon Ossoff Visits Madison, Georgia, as the First Stop on His Bus Tour
A Playlist for the Holiday Blues
What Scuba Diving on Vacation Taught Me About Facing My Fears
How Losing My Keys Made Me Question My Attachments
Love Her or Leave Her — But Don’t Leave Her Hanging
Five Benefits of Working Out on a Lake
Unfriending Has Never Felt Better: Losing the Weight of Toxic People
Shop Small and Support Indie Authors
This year has been extraordinarily lonely for most of us.
There are so many ways to support creatives other than just buying their work.
How to Transform a Small, Lonely Holiday into an Intimate, Cozy Christmas
Pride, Prejudice, and Christmas
10 Ways You Might Be Sabotaging Your Sex Life
50 Notes to Your Former Self with Love
All the Lovers that Make Us Recover
Loneliness: A Desire for Connection — Not a Need for More Self-Love
A Thank You Letter to My Readers
Thankful, Grateful, Blessed & Stressed
How to Raise Your Children to See Problems as Opportunities
Don’t Tell Me How Strong I Am if You Can’t Help Me
Life is Short. Burn the Bridge.
I tend to have positive associations with social media--primarily because I've relocated often over…
Life is Short. Burn the Bridge.
The Things We Learned This Year We May Too Soon Forget
What if There Was One Simple Reason You Weren’t Losing Weight?
Some Relationships Hurt Us But Make Us Stronger — This One Made Me Better
I believe we can’t choose who we love, but we can certainly choose who we engage with or partner.
We Can’t Make Someone Love Us— Why Would We Want To Anyway?
Quieting the Mental Chatter for Happier, Healthier Relationships
Supporting Small Business is the Best Gift You Can Give Your Community
7 Surprising Things I’m Grateful for in 2020
I’m so glad you had a furry friend to help you through that terrible loss!
Many people work from home, period.
Eleven Life Hacks for Low Energy
Pro tip: it's helpful to actually read the article before leaving a comment that fully indicates…
I think it's sad when people adopt for that early cute stage and lose interest when they're grown.
7 Reasons You Need a Puppy — And Why Your Puppy Needs Instagram
Say Yes to the Mess: A Lover’s Guide
Did I Just Attend a Super-Spreader Event?
When Your Anniversary Becomes the Participation Trophy of Relationships
My Secret Garden: Lessons on Love, Life, and Loss
Finding the Courage to Begin the Tough Conversations
11 Ways To Raise Brave, Beautiful Humans for a Better World
P.S. I Love Movies: Jerry Maguire is Not Romantic
Finding the Courage to Begin the Tough Conversations
Ten Common Ways We Damage Our Relationships
All Fitness is Not Created Equal: The Hidden Privilege of Health and Fitness
I’m loving the movies and dog features! I’m getting a puppy next week. ❤️🐶
Sharing Secrets with Strangers
23 Things Women Need More than Wraps or Skinny Teas
23 Things Women Need More than Wraps or Skinny Teas
You’re Not Supposed to Be Good Your First Time: Keep Doing It Anyway
Empty Space Matches Your Shape
A New Revolutionary Self-Love Social Media Photo Challenge
Empty Space Matches Your Shape
7 Easy Ways to Simplify Your Social Media Engagement
A Case for Crying in Public: Our Discomfort with Emotions Has a Human Cost
If You Want a Healthy Relationship, Quit Dating
Accountability is Key: How to End Toxic Relationship Cycles
The Secret Escape Hatch of 2020
Between Destruction and Happily Ever After: Drinking to Hexes for Our Exes
Seven Things We Want to Say to Emotionally Unavailable Men
Seven Things We Want to Say to Emotionally Unavailable Men
Relationships, mental health, growth, & empowerment
To Love Like You’ve Never Been Hurt
Reasons to Write a Love Letter
Happy September! Check out fall news, funny memes, and new reads!
How to Model Work-Life Balance for Our Children in 4 Simple Steps
20 Things to Try When Our Mental Health Veers Off the Rails
Synchronized Swimming in the Moments Before Dawn
Yes! I’m heartbroken over the recent changes.
How Photography Became a Coping Skill During the Impossible Year
How to Love Me Through the Dark
When You and Your Money are in a Toxic Relationship: A Guide to Getting Healthy
Are Your Passive-Aggressive Tendencies Ruining Your Friendships?
A Permission Slip to Lose Your Mind
Happy September! Check out fall news, funny memes, and new reads!
Not Your Mama’s Happily Ever After
Being Strong Doesn’t Mean Breaking in Silence
What’s Your Election Year Vibe Based on Your Zodiac Sign?
Falling in Love with 25 Autumn Reads
Your Brave and Mine are Not the Same
Happy September! Check out fall news, funny memes, and new reads!
Learning to Embrace Change When We’re Programmed for Trauma
This is lovely & heartbreaking. Beautiful poem!
This perfectly describes my marriage.
25 Times Schitt’s Creek Perfectly Captured Our 2020 Mood
Frizzle Frazzled: One Plus One Equals Three
Learning to Love the Missing Year
Happy September! Check out fall news, funny memes, and new reads!
How to Have a Solo Adventure — And Why You Need One
The Most Underestimated Ingredient for a Lifetime of Happiness
To All the Men Who Never Loved Me
11 Ways to Love Your Luscious Life
Conversations with a Chicken: A Pandemic Love Story
How to Hold Your Breath for 10 Years
Intentional Self-Caring: An Alternative to Hustle Culture for the Self-Employed Writer
Happy September! Check out fall news, funny memes, and new reads!
Exterior: Thunderstorm Warning
Did You Decide Who You Were and Then Let That Define You?
Want to Save the Children? Start at Home.
Release Month for Deep in the Heart of Madison is here!
Nine Small Steps to Security: Breaking the Cycle on Being Broke
How to Procrastinate Better and Make Resistance Work for You
Three Reasons Why People-Pleasing is a Form of Manipulation
Special Delivery: A Quarantine Love Story
Bonding Over Body Bashing: Why It’s Hurting Us & How to Stop
Comfort in the Era of Calamity, Covid, Corruption, and Current Events
August News and a Special Announcement about Book 3!
How to Love an Author Right, So You Don’t Get Murdered in Their Books
This is my story, published in Publishous.
7 Ways We Avoid Vulnerability — & How to Choose Courage Over Comfort
13 Life Imperatives for Every Woman
Thanks for the heads up! I found a ton of my work there and have filed a complaint.
Half-Loving is Self-Sabotage, Not Self-Preservation
August News and a Special Announcement about Book 3!
I'm far from a perfect parent, but I've found that listening and being curious about who they are…
I find that empowering also. Thank you so much for reading!
You are most welcome! Thanks for reading!
I’m so glad it did! Thanks for reading!
You are most welcome! Thanks for reading!
I know that there are unhealthy relationships that seem to work and to last.
In real life, there’s been a shift toward consent and contraception as well.
That’s mansplaining, not commenting. Huge difference.
Thank you! And thanks for reading!
I see your point, but I think giving them the benefit of the doubt means that we don’t jump to…
While that sounds like a heartbreaking experience, it also sounds like they set you free, too.
I’m so glad it resonated for you!
That’s very kind of you! Thank you so much for reading!
Thank you for reading! Hugs from here!
Agreed. That’s such an important point.
Hi, Lola! Thanks for commenting!
Same! I love a good book, but I’d like not to be the mom version of a zombie (mom-bie) in the…
Isn’t that the truth? There are not enough hours in the day to read things we don’t enjoy.
Absolutely! That’s such a valuable perspective, too.
It's easy to let everything divide us into sides, but sometimes it helps to remember that we're…
I agree completely. Not learning from it would be such a waste.
Thank you. I struggled with this for a while before being able to articulate it.
Thank you so much! It's good to meet you, too!
Nice to meet you ,too! I'm happy to be here.
Illuminating Me: An Introduction
Seven Acts of Kindness You Can Perform for Others Today
How to Soothe Our Wanderlust Without Giving Up Our Dreams
August News and a Special Announcement about Book 3!
Haunted by Ghosts of Partners Past
50 Autumn Activities Even Covid Can’t Cancel
Love Means Never Having to Say Sorry
Readers Need Sleep Too: Why Readers Need Better Book Boundaries
Navigating Uncertainty for the Control Freak
Barriers to Equality: Shattering the Silence on White Privilege
From Blush to Bruising: A Storm Warning
You Are What You’re Looking for
The Deliberate Acts of Destruction that Define Us
Even if Everyone Abandons Us, We Cannot Abandon Ourselves
10 Traits to Stop Romanticizing in Relationships Right Now
Poetry Book Sneak Peek, New Reading, and More
Beach Please! 10 Books You’ll Want to Read this Summer: The Escape Edition
Send Yourself a Message in a Bottle: 21 Quotes for Heartbreak and a Necessary Reminder
Trauma is Not Your Inheritance: Breaking the Cycle of Dysfunction Starts with You
Every Day, Our Children Teach Us How to Be Better Humans
Poetry Book Sneak Peek, New Reading, and More
How to Compromise in Relationships Without Compromising Yourself
Your Introvert Card Has Been Revoked: Cease and Desist Using It Until Further Notice
12 Things to Stop Doing Right Now to Love Yourself Better
How to Re-Home Your Partner in 10 Ways
Spending Time: A Guide to Making the Most of It
25 Quotes for Revolutionary Self-Love
Step One Was Always to Love Yourself
Raising Kids Right Doesn’t Mean They Grow Up To Be You
A Dozen Reasons Your Perfect Soulmate Hasn’t Happened Yet
Goodbyes Don’t Get Easier — We Just Get Stronger
Poetry Book Sneak Peek, New Reading, and More
How to Talk to Your Future Grandkids about 2020: A Half-Year Review
10 Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Reasons to Get Married
The Princess, The Pea, & Me: The Problems We Ignore Don’t Ignore Us
You Gave Me Love Like Fireworks When I Needed Stars
When the Love Bomber Gaslights You: Recognizing & Recovering from Emotional Abuse
How to Disappear Yourself & Return
Poetry Book Sneak Peek, New Reading, and More
Love’s Late Bloomers: 15 Things to Start Doing in Your Relationships Now
Mental Health Matters. So Do Other People’s Lives.
The Parent-Child Relationship Either Evolves or Faces Extinction
Once Upon a Time: The Fairy Tale Love Story Grows Up When We Do
Red Flag Sighting: The Need to Fictionalize Our Own Love Stories
Try reading this without your preconceived idea of what this article is about.
The Unf*ckwithable Woman Speaks Truth to Power
Fresh Reads, My TBR Pile, and Event News
The Power and Purpose of Perspective
Hot Mess Parenting Club Meets Here
How Covid Turned Me into a Parenting Grinch
Maybe You’re Not Bad at Dating — Maybe Dating is Just the Worst
Beach Reads and Book Reviews Perfect for a Quarantine Summer
So, You Know You Want a Divorce. Now What?
Deciding to Divorce: How to Know When It’s Time to Go
Prose was Meant for Days of Dreaming
Defining the Relationship: Why It Matters and What It Means When We Refuse to Do It
First Marriages We Thought Would Be the Only & Other Life Lessons
“You’re Too Nice to Dump.” But Not Too Nice to Ghost?
Is it too early to put up my Christmas tree, and other thoughts from a writer
10 Reasons to Get a Book Boyfriend
Stop Sleeping with Racists & Other Things You Can Do to Help End White Supremacy
What I Want To Do To You in the Morning
Making Peace with Our Own Survival: Accepting the Past that Made Us
How to Grow a Novel Without Killing the Novelist
Is it too early to put up my Christmas tree, and other thoughts from a writer
White Silence is Racial Violence: Don’t Get Defensive, Get Informed
The Castle, The Sky, The Sea, and Me
Boundaries for Beginners: A Curated Guide to Not Being a Doormat
Answer One Question to Find Out if the One You’re With is Right for You
Kissing for Health & Happiness: A Scientific Fact You’ll Love
What To Do When Your Love Story Ends: A Curated Guide to Going & Growing
When Financial Devastation Opens the Door to Living Your Dreams
Advice on Marriage from the Divorced
The Danger of Emotional Bypassing
Ways to Support Small Business, Stimulate Local Economies, and Create Stronger Communities…
When We Stop Being Haunted, We Start Being Healed
The Benefit of a Morning Do-Over
In Case No One Told You How Strong You Are, This One’s For You
Forever is a Path We’ll Walk Together
A Dozen Things to Get Right in Our Relationships
An Imperfect Guide to Letting Go of Lost Lovers
Healthy Relationships Require Intentional Time Alone
Is it May or Christmas? I can't tell anymore.
Selfie Shaming and the Single Parent
The Financial Impact of Library Closures in a Covid Economy
How to Lean Into Our Pain to Let Go of Our Past
When Keeping Score Keeps Us Apart
When Moods Change Like Time and Tides
This isn’t for people who have boundaries but encounter people unwilling to respect them.
Internet Fight Club: It Doesn’t Work, and We Need to Stop
Life as We Know It: Limited Edition
Survive & Thrive After a Financial Reversal
Unafraid & Thinking for Myself: Thoughts on Surviving 2020
You are most welcome! Thank you for reading and for taking the time to comment. :)
Agreed. Waiting for the right one is so much better than resigning ourselves to the ones that just…
I’m so glad that you found it when you needed it!
That’s certainly one take on this.
I’m so glad it resonated with you! Thanks so much for reading!
There’s supposed to be an option with the recorder to add your own recording.
The Incredible Frustration of Being a One When Much of Life Requires Two
Don’t Get Mad, Get Even — Better: Revenge is a Dish Best Served Up as a Lesson Learned
Leaping in Love for the Risk-Averse
Underpaid essential workers can use each of these tips to take control back of their finances.
From Financially F*cked to Financially Free: A Quick & Dirty Guide
In Healthy Relationships, Knowing More Leads to Loving Better
If Your Life is a Movie — This is the Plot Twist
Financial Infidelity: How to Tell if You’re Cheating or Being Cheated On
Hello! I put them into one post because they all went with one theme.
Happiness for One Has Never Been More Necessary
Welp. Guess we're going to be here a while.
Zen & the Art of Secret Gardens
How to Live Within Your Values — Not Your Means
Ring Around the Rosie: Corona Poetry for Quarantine
Relationships Evolve: Why Don’t We?
Hello! I would love to write for you.
Why You Should Bother With Looking Fabulous at Home
A Moment of Silence For Every Workaholic Asked to Slow Down
Welp. Guess we're going to be here a while.
Living Life with a Traveler’s Mind — Even in Quarantine
A Low-Energy, Low-Fuss Guide to Keeping Kids Creative in Quarantine
Thinking Outside the Box You Built
Give Me Liberty — In the Form of Nachos and Margaritas
Personal Peace Won’t Come by Way of People-Pleasing or Permission
Bad Things Don’t Happen for a Reason
Could Your Pandemic Partnership Be Doomed?
Welp. Guess we're going to be here a while.
10 TED Talks to Change Your Mind — And Potentially Your Life
How to Take Back Our Power When It Feels Like the World is Ending
This is both beautiful and visceral.
Distance: Corona Poetry Day One
Bring on the Pandemic Proposals
Anxiety All Day, Nightmares All Night
Finding Your Other Half Won’t Ever Make You Whole
A Global Pandemic isn’t the Time to Resurrect Your Teenage Rebellion
I love the idea of taking a mindful perspective through this.
What’s Normal Got To Do With It?
Who Will You Be When the World Starts Again?
How to Make “Shelter in Place” a Cozy Home Practice
Adults, You are the Boss of You
Pandemics, The Plight of Our Planet, and Mother Nature’s Revenge
Half Effort Won’t Ever Equal Whole Partnership
News from Crystal Jackson, Writer
A Meditation Practice to Help a Hurting World
I Would Totally Watch This Movie: I Just Don’t Want to Be Living It
Love the One Who Feels Your Absence, Not the One Who Needs Your Presence
I could have highlighted every word!
How to Choose a Perfect Pandemic Partner
Common First Date Behaviors That Are Actually Red Flags
Why Long-Distance Couples are Already Ahead of the Curve on Social Distancing
When I Was a Fair-Weather Friend
News from Crystal Jackson, Writer
Your Only Job in Life is To Treat Yourself Well — Here’s Why
Jealousy isn’t Cute — and Doesn’t Belong in Healthy Relationships
Triggers as Healing Indicators, Not Warning Signs for Others
This is so accurate to what we’re going through right now! ❤️
This is so accurate to what we’re going through right now! ❤️
This is so true! Thank you for sharing!
Billie Eilish Strips Down Boundaries and Body Image in 145 Words
The Pockets of Anger in Healing
Social Distancing for Beginners
The World Wasn’t Meant for Your Shoulders: Constructive Rest for Feeling Stressed
News from Crystal Jackson, Writer
How to Honor Yourself with Beautiful Boundaries
Why We Lower Our Standards & How to Stop Doing It
Hand-Washing & Other Things I’m Now Concerned About
Losing the Weight of Others’ Expectations: A Spring Cleaning Practice
Self-Love in the Face of Self-Criticism
News from Crystal Jackson, Writer
Own Your Mess to Clean Up Your Life
I’m seeing a lot of Biden endorsements considering the primaries just started.
You Watched Me Fall — Wait for the Rising
My Over-Thinking Superpower: Creating Problems That Don’t Exist
The Legitimacy of Love for a Season
The New Mindset that Grew From My Yoga Journey
News from Crystal Jackson, Writer
That’s such a great add! Thank you!
You’re most welcome! Thank you for reading and for taking the time to comment.
I think a lot of us have a yearning to connect at a deeper, less superficial level.
I’ve started to read the room when it comes to small talk.
I think we can harness the power of language with different words without toning down our message.
Agreed. The system needs to change. Thank you for taking the time to comment!
Absolutely — as stated in this piece.
I hope you were able to satisfy your craving with Bacon Maple Waffle deliciousness.
Thank you! And thank you for reading!
I’m happy for you. Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment!
Probably, but we let go when we’re ready. Thank you for reading!
Agreed. I tend to be a person who hurries, but mostly because there’s so much in my head and so…
Absolutely! Thank you for reading and for taking the time to comment.
That’s funny — I wrote about signs from the Universe recently and explored the concept of why we…
Thank you for sharing your story and for reading!
That’s very sweet! Thank you for reading!
Thank you for your kind words and for reading!
And so very difficult to practice! Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment.
I’m so glad it was helpful! Thank you for your beautiful comment and for reading!
You’re most welcome, and thank you for reading!
It’s a process, isn’t it? Thank you so much for reading and for your insightful comment.
Thank you for reading! It’s a perspective I’ve had recently, and I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment!
I think the small gestures throughout the year count and are often more meaningful, but I love the…
Thank you for the lovely comment and for reading!
You are most welcome. Thank you for reading and for taking the time to comment!
Yes!!! I much prefer to bond over the things and people I love rather than all the petty…
Gray days are completely underrated but so lovely!
That’s so important! Thank you for reading!
You’re most welcome! Thank you for reading it!
Thank you! And thank you for reading!
Thank you for your insightful comment and for reading!
You’re most welcome. Thank you for reading!
I’m so glad it inspired you. Thank you for taking the time to read and comment.
Absolutely! Thank you for your beautiful comment and for reading!
Thank you for reading and for your insightful comment.
Isn’t it a beautiful way to look at the world?
I’m so glad it was reassuring. Thank you so much for reading!
That’s a great example! Absolutely! Thank you for your comment and for reading!
You are most welcome! Best of luck on following your dreams!
Thank you! I’m so glad it was inspiring for you. Thank you for reading!
Thank you for reading and for your kind comment!
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I hope this inspired you to have the courage to make your life whatever you dream.
There’s more where this came from.
lol I’m so glad. Thank you for reading!
Absolutely! Until we believe we can change it, we won’t even try. Thank you for reading!
I want to say I’m glad it resonated with you, but I know it’s a difficult thing to experience.
That’s the best way to live — to keep learning and discovering ourselves.
You’re most welcome! Thank you for reading.
Thank you — for the compliment, the comment, and for reading! I appreciate you.
I’m incredibly flattered — thank you!
I’m so glad that you were able to get through your experience and use it to help others.
You’re most welcome. Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment!
You are most welcome! Thank you for reading.
Absolutely! I’m not familiar with the book, but I agree 100%. Thanks for sharing and for reading!
What a wonderful idea! I wish you the best of luck. Thank you for reading!
I probably wouldn’t have listened either.
I’m so glad. Thank you for reading and taking the time to comment!
Sometimes it’s exactly the push we need to turn our lives around. Thank you for reading!
Absolutely! Thank you for sharing this and for reading!
I’m glad it’s what you needed to hear! I wish you so much courage. Thank you for reading.
I’m so glad it’s what you needed. Thank you for reading!
Stop Telling Your Friends Their Partner is Great When They’re Not
If You Don’t See the Beauty, You Aren’t Paying Attention
Quit Underestimating Us: A Word of Warning from All the Ages
The Most Necessary Step to Creating Strong, Intimate Partnership
Plot Twists, Panic, and Possibilities
I Should Have Loved Her All Along
Stop Telling Me What You’re Against. What Do You Believe In?
Hostage to Obligation or Free to Be?
The story about bacon maple waffles isn’t about being healthy; it’s about allowing ourselves an…
Timeless Love Letters — and How to Write Them
It’s Okay If You’re Your Own Valentine This Year
Writhing in Pain, Not Pleasure: A Look at Masochistic Beauty Trends
Happy Galentine's, Valentine's, and Singles Awareness!
The Moment We Realize We’re Ready to Change
Waiting for Love as Hope Runs Out
We Need Training Wheels for Love
You Don’t Want Them Back. You Want You Back. There’s a Difference.
Put Down the Label Maker and Find Yourself
What to Teach Your Children— And Look for in a Partner
The World Shifts, and Truths Rise
Investigating the Mythology of Love
You Don’t Save Yourself Saving Others
Slow Food, Slow Travel: Savoring the Joys of Life
I Love You Today, and I Choose You
Bacon Maple Waffles are the Answer
A Lover’s Guide to Appreciation
Don’t Soften Your Voice for Anyone & Other Rules for Writers
How to Hijack an Argument & Never Solve the Problem
Small Talk isn’t the Gateway to Greater Intimacy
51 Ways to Treat Yourself Today
We Need to Stop Saying This at the Beginning of Relationships
One Person’s Crazy Ex is Another Person’s Soulmate
Creating Joy with Intention: A Mindful Guide to Choosing Happiness
Keeping Plants — and Love — Alive
Royals Give a Master Class on Healthy Boundaries
If We Can’t Hold on to Love, Why Do We Feel Like We Need to Let it Go?
How to Avoid Being the Horror Movie Victim in Your Love Life
Choosing a Mindful Life Over Missed Opportunities
To the Wild Ones Who Free Themselves
Finding Balance with a Deficit of Love
Good thing we have a sense of humor and a hell of a lot of resilience! Lol
How to Stop & Rest: For Those of Us Who Rarely Do
What to Expect from Seeking an Extraordinary Life
Reclaim Your Time. Take Back Your Power.
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