A new year and thank you

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2020 is now in our rearview mirror and while we may all have the collective desire to exhale a sigh of relief, the reality is that 2021—at least over the next few months—will still be a rocky ride with COVID-19 raging out of control. While here in the United States, with the vaccine and the …

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The bright spots of 2020

Last December, I wrote a piece encouraging everyone to make 2020 the best possible year for themselves. As you may have noticed, that turned out to be a little out of our collective hands. 2020 was brutal, but it was not without some joy. Not enough, certainly, but some. And, no I’m not just talking …

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Unpartnered during a pandemic: What we don’t say

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Technically I have been a legal adult for almost 30 years now, and there is one truth that has stayed with me in all my years of said adulthood: Truth and vulnerability are not prized in adult American culture. Sure, words like vulnerability get thrown around in certain self-help or New Age communities, but for …

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