I do not want to teach my kids facts and figures, or long division. I do not want to teach them things they can learn from books or about things money can buy. I want to spend my breath; my energy; their attention span, teaching them the important things. I...
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In December 2020, I moved to New York City for a dream job; the chance to connect with and support others like myself, to humbly attempt to ensure they had what I felt I lacked in those early years post-loss: support. People tried to help me many times in...
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Oh me, oh my, there is nothing that inspires penetrating anxiety like the fear of a panic attack. How ironic, since, after all, a panic attack is really just extreme anxiety. It was about a year after my husband died that I had my first panic attack, on the...
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I recently heard about a study surveying parents that showed the large majority of those surveyed had already, in their minds, selected the future career field for their children. The study showed the top three career fields those parents chose and not...
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Songs remind me of life. Life reminds me of songs. Of course, that’s the point, right? That’s the power of music, or part of it anyway. Days Go By, a song by Dirty Vegas, is playing on a loop in my head. When it comes to personal development, the most...
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Nikola Rosa is an artistic rendering of the soul that has come to exist after rising from the ashes. Her thoughts are from Nancy Gass, and yet they are in some ways, a different person entirely. We all have hearts and souls that are a deep ocean of complexity and this dichotomy is no different.