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Dear August

Dear August, We are officially putting you on notice that we are formally entering our: just because I am free does not mean I am available era. because I don't want to phase. just because I'm nice doesn't mean I'm gullible or

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What If?

We have what it takes? It's ok to slow down? You are going to make it? There is no such thing as a wrong choice? Everything will work out ok? You are capable? Things end up in your favor? The other shoe never does drop? There is a

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It's Getting Hot In Here*

How you doing, loves? It seems no matter where you live right now, the heat is on, turned all the way up. Unless you are working at a grocery store (are we supposed to bring sweaters to go inside in the summer?) or on a beach somewhere with infinite access

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What's On Your Plate?

Yesterday at our weekly team meeting, we got to talking about when we are at our most creative. Is it when there is a lot on our plate, when we have a variety of projects and tasks to bop around to, or is it when we are focusing on just

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3 Mantras

3 Mantras To Repeat When You Feel Insecure We really thought that by our mid-30s, after having lots of different jobs and navigating roles like parent and partner we would feel at least a bit of a sense of security. But whether its whats happening in our country and the

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Summer Check In

It's somewhat impossible to believe but summer is flying by - I mean strawberries are almost out of season! Where did the time go? Maybe you are like us and had so many plans or intentions for the summer, and it already feels like your calendar is booked

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Let The Internet Go Out

Today at around 4:30pm, the internet went out. There was no outage reported in our area (thanks phone for still allowing internet access) and all that was needed was a simple reset of the router. But it was out for enough time to bring all the activity in the

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A Proposal: Adult Summer School

Growing up, summer school sounded like the absolute worst punishment a kid could receive. A whole summer stuck inside, forced to spend extra time learning when you could be outside with friends or at the pool or beach. You were likely facing a subject you hadn't been able

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Welcome, Summer

We don't know about you, but in the midwest, summer is HERE. We are all about the sunshine on our faces, the beach reads, the bbqs, and the smell of suntan lotion. Bring on the ice cream, the margaritas, the picnics and the summer concerts (hello Beyonce and

Bold Opinion

This week at the start of our team meeting we checked in about everything that we've been watching - from the new Little Mermaid movie to the series finale of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel to the recently released trailer for The Color Purple. What began as an innocent

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The Best Advice

Graduation season is upon us, and even though we aren't technically graduating, a good commencement speech has the ability to offer us some of the best advice about courage, identity, purpose, and the meaning of life. And why is it that almost every graduation ceremony ever featured on

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Consider This

Consider this your invitation to take a deep breath. Or to stare at your screen or window for just a few minutes. To put off the thing for a few more days. Or to tackle it immediately. Consider this a message of do what your body is telling you to

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Raising Herself

Who raised you? Maybe (if you're like us) it was a mixture. Part your family, your cousins and aunties and best friends, plus a dash of Claire Huxtable, Judy Blume, and every after-school special. Maybe it was LeVar Burton, Mister Rogers, the Golden Girls and Mrs. Winslow.  And

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Come What May

Everyone we know seems to be going through some sort of transition - maybe as simple as wrapping up another school year or as complex as moving across the country or ending a marriage. But real significant things are changing and with that, a sense of chaos is often added.

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Pretty

What makes you feel pretty? Is it an outfit? An idea? The way your arm feels against a sheet? The way your lips leave a smudge on a glass with your favorite shade of lipstick? Is it when you are standing tall or curled up in a couch with a

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Quit Something

When in your life have you quit something? It doesn’t have to be big - like a relationship or a job - it could be smaller, like ballet when you were 5 or a book you weren’t enjoying or trying to go to bed earlier (everyone knows night

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What If?

Are you more of an optimist, the glass is half-full type or more of a pessimist, a when life gives you lemons you've got lemons type? A few months ago, a friend started asking the question "what if it all works out?" and we realized nearly

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Spring Break

If your social media feeds are anything like ours, you know that many people are off spring breaking this week. What if you need some spring repair, some spring healing, some spring in your step but getting away is hard? Here's 3 ideas to spring you forward: Download

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Look At You

Look at you. Look at how far you've grown. Remember when adults used to come up with their hands at the top of your head, commenting on how much taller you got since the last time they saw you? Imagine us with our hands raised, saying look at

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Little You

Is it just us or does it feel like when folks are talking about working with their therapist or reflecting upon old memories they often mention how they are tapping into their "inner child?" What their inner child needed and didn't get, or what their inner

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Celebrate Good Times

One thing we can all be certain of -- besides death (which we are not talking about) or taxes (Crap! Gotta get on that) -- is birthdays. About as reliably as things can be, Birthdays come on time. We can all depend on them. But how we celebrate them can

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The Future is Female

It's Women's History Month and there is much to celebrate- the political warriors, the fashion icons, the creative inventors, the Nobel Prize winners, the CEOs, the Founders- and YOU. Yes, you. The teachers and social workers and assistants and nurses and coordinators and lawyers and doctors

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Holla If You Hear Me

This week Austin is recording the audio for I'm Still Here (Adapted for Young Readers): Loving Myself in a World Not Made for Me. And a couple of months back Jenny recorded her audiobook version of Doing Nothing Is No Longer an Option: One Woman's Journey

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Tossing Beads

Our timelines are filling up with colorful photos from Mardi Gras. There are feathers and beads and glitter and parades and music and families- it’s amazing. Of course there is also the silly stereotype of flashing people for beads, which had us giggling at the idea that we- far

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Faux Spring

Here in the Midwest, where most of our team lives, we have entered the season called faux spring. It is the moment when snow has melted. We hear birds chirping outside of our windows. The temperature dips its toe into the fifties. We see a bright blue sky that has