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January 2025

Still protesting after all these years
Women are tired of marching for their rights -- and still we persist.
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Farmhouse reality never before seen on HGTV
The moment I fell in love again with this old house
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8 Personal discoveries I'm taking into 2025
Finding perspective in small things.
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Art to ash, the loss of a life's work | Guest post by Katharine Murta Adams
An artist and L.A. resident on unimaginable loss and unforgettable humanity
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Coming to terms: my battle with retirement
Call it whatever you want— re-fire-ment, re-inspire-ment, or retirement—if this is how it works, I'm in.
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December 2024

Thirty-one blank spaces
I made the jump from my marketing career six years ago. Why, how, and what happened next.
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Warn your little sister | Guest post by Judy Sandler
Girls need strong female role models and goals to strive toward. They needed agency in their work—a sense of control over their lives.
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Writing a memoir and hating my narrator
To tell an authentic story, I needed to find a narrator "strong enough to do battle for me."
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November 2024

Remixed Family Reunion
As far as Thanksgiving is concerned, as long as I can wear my stretchy pants and the cranberry sauce is scored with jellied lines straight from the can…
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Recovering from my "hearts" addiction
A little red heart, meaning someone liked my Instagram post, was as satisfying as a shiny sticker on my grade school homework or a glowing performance…
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Cultivating radical self-love in a changing body | Guest Post by Jillian Hanson
It's hard work, and it's not about body positivity (blech)
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