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Continue reading →: Shade We May Never Sit
Freedom We all reserve the freedom to believe what we choose to believe, and live accordingly. We do not however reserve the right to allow our beliefs to create systems designed to accommodate only these beliefs. In my humble opinion, as long as people are living peacefully among one another,…
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Continue reading →: Grow Food, Not Grass.Let me start by saying that I am not leading a campaign on hating our grass. On the contrary, I truly appreciate having the opportunity to walk barefoot through the lush, green bed we mow every other week while I sashay my summer-loving self over to the pool ladder. I…
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Continue reading →: Leader, Not Manager
On June 17, 2017, I took a Homebuyer’s course through a non-profit called “Wayne Metropolitan Community Action Agency with the idea that I could use the certificate I earned to apply for some mortgage programs implemented by the state of Michigan. My intention was to jump through the hoops, secure…
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Continue reading →: #chingona #migente #badass
I want to share a quick little blurb from the Mattel corporate site: https://shop.mattel.com/pages/barbie-role-models-katya-echazarreta “Katya Echazarreta is the first Mexican and Latin American-born woman to go into space. She is a 27-year-old Electrical Engineer who has shown her passion for science and engineering, making her own successful path in a…
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Continue reading →: “Badass Habits!”
I have been reading “Badass Habits: Cultivate the Confidence, Boundaries, and Know-How to Upgrade Your Life” by Jen Sincero for some time now. I am almost finished with it, and will likely reread it, as implementing many of the strategies sort of demands it. I also took notes and marginalia,…
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Continue reading →: Practicing Loving Kindness for Yourself = ResiliencyI want to share an awakening I experienced today, during a podcast I listen to regularly. The podcast showcases the author of several books I have, and it’s called “Metta Hour Podcast” by Sharon Salzberg. I like listening to podcasts while I perform my lab work, because I can passively…
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Continue reading →: Ugly Is Not an Option!
Just when I think I have lived and learned something, life comes in w/ a swift kick in the gut, and teaches me more. I used to think I didn’t understand the odd relationship I have with death, until I considered the amount of people in my life that are…
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Continue reading →: You Don’t Have to Believe Everything You Think
At one of the many PD’s I’ve attended, I heard the statement, “You don’t have to believe everything you think” and I found myself pausing for a moment. How profound?!? If I had a nickel for every time I thought something negative about myself, I would need a fountain. I…
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Continue reading →: 49 y/o Dawn to 29 y/o Dawn;
Dear younger Dawn, Stop. Identify your programming; be it from your upbringing, your environment, the media, from the Man, your family, your peers, and/or from your brief experience in the limited parts of the world you know. I want to cradle your heart, mind and spirit because you deserve it.…
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