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What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? The Answer: Real.

Wasn't I just being an over-dramatic college graduate who couldn't handle the heat of a real job? Wasn't I just giving up when I should have stuck with it because hard things come from hard work?

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How to Overcome the Feminine Parasite of Shame.

So rise up with me, sisters! Let’s join hands and create a protective circle so robust that shame cannot slip through.

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To My Soul Mate… and the Man Who Comes Next.

I have loved my soul mate. I know the brightness of this world and the melodious sounds of life that can only be seen and heard from the comfort of his arms. But the thing with soul mates is that we aren’t always meant to 'keep' them.

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Pain Is Answered Prayers.

We go to our failed relationships and our broken marriages to feel the pain... Then we cry the never-released tears, we vent the repressed rage, we honor our deepest fears, and give voice to all our hidden shames, because therein lies every answer you will ever need.

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For All of Those Who Are like Me.

Your fears and your pain are relevant... Self-love can be the most painful journey, but it is also the most worthwhile. For wherever you go, there you are.

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My Journey as an Empath.

As an empath, the world can seem overwhelming. It is easy to get lost in your environment and the whirlwind of emotion that surrounds you, but it doesn’t have to look that way.

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Love Is Asking to Be Loved.

The people you deem emotionally strong, comforting presences, are that way because they spend time within cultivating these parts of themselves. It takes a lot of work, and it’s not a group effort. It’s something that they must do for themselves.

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Let Go of Your Checklist, Let Love Find You.

Tall doesn’t equate to trust. Charming doesn’t equate to honest. A good job doesn’t equate to a good life. All of these things sound great in theory, but I’ve learned that the more I know, the less I realize I actually know.

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A Turquoise Reflection of Us.

Standing with you amidst the turquoise reflection, I knew how much I wholeheartedly and completely loved you, and it was in that moment that I knew how much I needed you.

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Protect the Innocent, and Raise Your Voices About Child Abuse.

Childhood sexual abuse is everywhere, yet people refuse to see it, refuse to confront it, refuse to even acknowledge, let alone heal, the pain of those who have experienced it.

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