HeyJaredNedra Nuggets
Nedra Nuggets is a heart-to-heart with a therapist—short, practical, and packed with wisdom! Each week, I break down boundaries, relationships, and mental health into bite-sized, relatable advice you can actually use. No fluff, no jargon—just real talk.
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Be Bad at Something (opens the original)
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For my birthday, I decided I wanted to learn how to make pasta. It had actually been on my list of things to learn the year before, and I never got around to doing it. So this year, I invited some friends over, and we all learned together.<img alt="" class="sizing-
The ‘Eek’ Factor: Why AI-Written Messages Feel Weird in Close Relationships (opens the original)
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Lately, there’s been more talk about how AI is impacting our communication in personal relationships. Sure, we use it at work, or maybe even to plan certain aspects of life, like a vacation. But when it comes to personal conversations, some people report feeling the “eek” when they receive a message written by AI.Picture it: your partner wants to send you a sweet message. Immediately you notice em dashes (for reference this is an em dash—) and language you’ve never heard them use before. Sure, t
When You Want More Closeness Than You're Getting (opens the original)
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There are certain moments in life when the status of a relationship gets revealed.Weddings are one. So are baby showers, birthday parties, graduations, girls’ trips, or simply noticing who someone called first when something important happened.It can be painful to discover that the place you thought you occupied in someone’s life is not necessarily the place they have given you.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I-AE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_
When Your Lack of Boundaries Becomes Everyone’s Problem (opens the original)
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Mutually Beneficial (opens the original)
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At the North Carolina Arboretum, I saw a sign that made me think, Butterflies are just so wise. Here’s what the sign said: “Butterflies and plants have a mutually beneficial relationship. The plant provides food for the butterfly with its nectar, and the butterfly helps the plant connect with other plants by carrying pollen from one to another.” I thought about that and wondered, how are we mutually beneficial in our relationships?<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substa
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