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personal growth

On writing, blogging and validation

May 7, 2020July 21, 2012 by Shay

For the past couple of months I have been running hard and running fast, so much so that for a moment I lost my way and allowed the outside chatter of others to drive my internal dialogue. This past week the situation came to a head as I allowed myself to start wallowing in the …

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Categories personal growth, Random babble Tags acceptance, BlogHer'12, writing versus blogging 3 Comments

Talking sexy is good for you!

May 23, 2017July 15, 2012 by Shay

Today’s post is inspired by a late night twitter conversation that I stumbled into that made me think on a few things. It seems like all of sudden, sex is everywhere and I am talking places you least expect it, like Middle America soccer moms. Books like 50 Shades of Grey and movies like Magic …

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Categories personal growth, Sexuality Tags 50 Shades of Gray, Magic Mike, sexuality and women

Fabulously fit for 40 and beyond…a journey in progress

May 23, 2017July 12, 2012 by Shay

Once upon a time in a life far away, I used to care a lot about both my looks and my weight. Then life smacked me upside the head and there was little time to care about such things. I eventually gained weight, took it off, kept it off and gained some of it back. …

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Categories personal growth, Random babble, Women's Stuff Tags getting older, turning 40, weight loss 7 Comments
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