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My 3-Item “Reset Mantra” When Legit Trying is Too Hard

10 Apr

How ’bout all those positive messages and happy how-tos that I write about? Look, I understand that pretty much everything in life is easier said than done. And sometimes, being positive is just too flippin’ hard. Right now is one...
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The Cure for Comparison is the Team Score

26 Mar

I’m going to get woo woo with you on this one. I just ask that you be open. Did you hear about the anti-bullying ad that IKEA did a couple years ago, where they exposed two identical plants to different...
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Just Be Your Body’s Friend

6 Mar

I’ve been checking out some stuff lately on body positivity. It’s pretty cool, and I’m going to keep looking at it. It’s something I’m working on for myself, and it’s something I’d love to help others with. One thing I’ve...
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“Mapping” Your Way to Routines and Care

14 Jan

First, a review of Splat. Talking Splat acknowledges that every day, those of us with chronic illnesses and/or mental health diagnoses feel like we’ve been run over by something. It’s just by a different vehicle on different days. We communicate...
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16 Reasons Why People with Fibromyalgia Actually Make Great Friends (or More!)

27 Nov

We fall into the negative and groundless trap of saying we make terrible friends, because of our illnesses. We say we’re not date-able. We post this nonsense on social media and we say it out loud. So of course it...
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A Pants Love Story

27 Nov

I aim to do more doodling, since art was as much a passion as writing, when I was a child. This is inspired by actual...
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Art with Disability

8 Nov

My touring has mostly wound down for the season and I’ve been awarding myself a lot more time to do one of my favorite things: writing. I’m working on Splatvocate (the next Splat book, this time for advocates), but I’m...
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A Day in the Food Of (and other reflections on intuition and self-care)

1 Nov

Monday, I had pizza. I had it for lunch, and then I had it for second lunch. It was so good and made my taste buds so happy. My stomach had entirely different feelings about it. By the end of...
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What “Passing” Means to a Disabled Person

24 Oct

My busy season has yielded some great ideas. More than ever, I’m actively revising and tweaking my presentations before each college visit. These changes come out of things like Q&A sessions, special advance requests, ad libs while I’m speaking …...
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Sexual Assault Safety Tips

14 Oct

One of my workshops I do at colleges is a program called Empowerment Through Verse. It centers around sexual assault, gender violence, and empowerment. It wasn’t in researching for the program, but in researching whom to contact to try to...
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