Tag: health
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But Make It Actually Livable
So, what does health look like for me when I’m at my best? It’s not about six-pack abs or whatever Instagram thinks it is. It’s not kale smoothies and 4 a.m. workouts unless that actually feels good—which, okay, sometimes it does. But more often, health at my best feels like balance with a side of…
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Let’s Teach ‘How to People’
What if school actually taught us how to be good people? Because yes, sure, algebra and the mitochondria and sentence diagramming—fine, I get it, there’s a place for that, but you know what would’ve helped me way more in life? Knowing how to deal with a panic attack. Or how to file taxes. Or how…
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We’re Not Machines, Rain
Some days you wake up and you’re like yes, today is the day I conquer the world. You’ve got your to-do list, your coffee, your playlist, and for a few glorious hours, you’re unstoppable. And then… BOOM. It’s like someone pulled the plug. Suddenly you’re scrolling through videos of raccoons washing grapes or reorganizing your sock…
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You Are Not Too Much
If I could whisper just one truth into every child’s ear, every single child on the planet, it would be: You are not too much. That thing you do—that big laugh, the weird questions, the way you can’t sit still, or the way you talk a mile a minute or don’t talk at all? Not…
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A Summer of Us
So here’s the wild thing — this summer isn’t just about surviving. It’s not just logistics, snack management, and sunblock. It’s an invitation. Three weeks with each of them. One-on-one. Three little chapters. Three strange, glorious, chaotic, possibly sticky journeys into who they are now. Who they’re becoming. Who I get to be, not just…
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You Run In The Rain
P!NK – All I Know So Far (Official Video) Director: Dave Meyers Production Company: Freenjoy Inc Producer: Nathan Scherrer Connect with P!NK: / pinkofficial / pink / pink / pink https://pinkspage.com All I Know So Far I haven’t always been this way I wasn’t born a renegade I felt alone still feel afraid I stumble through it anyway I wish someone would’ve told…
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With Snacks and Sanctuary
How to Take Care of Rain What do I need to take care of myself this summer? First of all: water. Like actual hydration but also lakes, ocean breezes, cold showers when everything feels sticky and overstimulating and like they might explode from the sheer volume of life. They need water in all its forms.…
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Two Weeks To Go
Psst. Hey, Rain. Not there yet. Not quite. The quiet still holds. Stromps is calm. The dishes aren’t multiplying. The fridge looks… optimistic. This is the last two weeks before it all begins. Before the door opens and the first pair of shoes gets kicked off somewhere you’ll trip over later. Before the rhythm changes.…
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Consider This Your Gentle Reminder
Am I Scared or Just Forgetting to Play? One of the peculiar little puzzles I’m working on these days — and yes, that phrasing is intentional; it is a puzzle — is trying to approach things with curiosity instead of fear. Sounds easy, right? Like just a flick of a switch: boop, now I’m curious!…
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Bare Minimum Day
Some days, I wake up, and I know — deep in my bones, behind my eyeballs, under the to-do list tattoos etched on my soul — that I cannot. I just cannot. Not today. And still, my brain starts: “We should get things done.” Should clean. Should work out. Should make progress on healing. (Yes,…
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Nine Weeks, One Nervous Parent, and a Very Opinionated Cat
Okay, so it’s happening. It’s happening. Nine weeks.Three kids.Three weeks each. One apartment in California that has never, not once, had to hold my parental brain, my work brain, and my nervous system all in the same space like this. I’m excited. I’m terrified. I’m spiraling a little, but in a cute, high-functioning kind of…
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Caffeine and Consent
Fast food is a treat! Sugar is a treat! Caffeine is a goddamn blessing sometimes. And I mean that in the most reverent, fully-caffeinated way possible. The thing is, when I was a kid, none of these things were “allowed.” Not really. Not with joy. Not with balance. Not with that soft internal yes that…