HeyJaredLife By Amanda Rakel
Documenting the messy sides of life and my quest to find out if anyone really has it figured out.
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My Summer in a Mental Health Clinic Part 1 (opens the original)
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Trigger warning: This post discusses suicidal ideation, including specific thoughts about method and planning. Please take care reading, and skip this one if it doesn’t feel like the right day for it. Resources listed at the end of the article if you need it ❤️Disclaimer: I usually try to inject humour into my pieces and some lightheartedness but I did not feel this was appropriate for this particular piece.<a class="image-link ima
SRF Egg Freezing Documentary—Outtakes (opens the original)
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August 24th at 9:10pm, was a big moment for me. After being contacted in March by the national Swiss news channel, SRF, to take part in a documentary on egg freezing, it finally aired. When SRF reached out to me, I had just done my egg freezing procedure in Copenhagen, but they still travelled with me there to essentially re-trace my steps and let me tell my story as to why I decided to freeze my eggs, and why in Denmark. If you’ve followed along in my blog posts, you might have read my pieces d
36 Things I Wish I Knew Before Freezing My Eggs (opens the original)
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Why I’m Quitting Everything in Switzerland and Moving to Australia (opens the original)
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Meanwhile in Amanda-sphere (opens the original)
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