HeyJaredTales of a Glitchy Body
Brain surgery. Breast cancer. Grief. Motherhood. Friendship. Reinvention. Every Monday: a Pep Talk. Every Friday: a Story. Both inspired by life's interruptions and the moments that remind us who we are and what matters most.
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Monday Morning Pep Talk ✨ (opens the original)
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Monday Morning Pep Talk ✨ (opens the original)
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Planetary Being. (opens the original)
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A quote from my memoir, that I didn’t write and that I didn’t say, has been circling back. Like other recent signs, there’s a gentle message.“i am a planetary being:sometimes i’m closer to the sun,sometimes i’m farther away.i try to have faith that i’ll keep rotating andthat i’ll find my place back to the sun.”— Chapter 12, Closer to the Sun: Her brain tumor. My brain surgery. The year I lost both of us
Monday Morning Pep Talk ✨ (opens the original)
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The years ending in six. (opens the original)
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The years ending in six are historically, for me, marked by upheaval.I wrote a memoir about 2006. Closer to the Sun: Her brain tumor. My brain surgery. The year I lost us both.The 2016 story is forthcoming. Breast cancer and betrayal.This week in 2026, I’m trying not to focus on the things that could feel like failure. And why are my feet so puffy today? The heatwave? Too much time at my desk? A woman in a call I was leading this week shared, “We can’t allow external forces to define us.”<
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