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Finders Keepers
When having an eagle eye comes in handy.
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Finders Keepers
When having an eagle eye comes in handy.
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Twirling with Twyla
Listen now | Who says fat people shouldn’t dance?
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Twirling with Twyla
Who says fat people shouldn’t dance?
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Generosity!
When I give of myself from a truly authentic place it comes back to me one-thousandfold in ways that I couldn’t have imagined. It never fails.
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Bigger Than What?
Listen now | I’ve had an eating disorder since childhood. This story was my debut essay that I published on Substack on Jan. 17, 2024. On the eve of my…
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Fat AND Happy?
Is it possible to be both? I sure as hell hope so, because it's possible I'll never be thin!
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Happy, Joyous, and No, Not Free. Not Yet.
A Love Letter to My Mother
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December 2024

I Am A Minimalist
AKA Please don’t get me anything. I don’t like stuff.
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I Was A Baby Feminist
“What are you? Some kind of women's libber?” The venom in his voice was corrosive.
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How’s Your Recovery Going, Nan?
The thing I haven’t mentioned…
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LGBTQ+ People Are Not Going Back
Merry Have We Met and Merry Have We Been • Merry Let Us Part and Merry Meet Again
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