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I Really Wanted to Be Popular (opens the original)
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As a reminder, if you like what you read here please click the heart at the bottom and consider sharing or restacking. Doing so really supports my work. Dispatch from a Walk No. 3Tuesday September 22<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iupW!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F035c8e8f-a132-402c-b42f-8d6b17232636_4000x3000.jpeg" target="_
Perfectionism Can Suck It (opens the original)
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Dispatch from a Walk PortugalSeptember 17I was in Portugal all week and while I walked daily some part of me feels like I did not take my daily walk.In case you missed my last dispatch, I am trying to form a new daily walking habit for my overall well-being: joint-health, an increase in dopamine production, and a decrease in cortisol production. I am trying to do so wi
Dispatches from a Walk & My Kitchen (opens the original)
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but first…I hope you will join me Oct 2- 4 for Writing from Your Body a writing retreat I am co-hosting with . I am delighted to share that one of my essays will be included in EAT ME: Essays, Poetry, & Art on Eating Disorders in Midlife Women, edited by and published by Third Rail Press in Spring of 2028!<a class="button primary" href="https:
Announcing Writing from Your Body: Come home to your self, find your voice (opens the original)
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At the beginning of the year, after a hermit-like-empty-nester-single-lady- fall, I set an intention to gather writers in my home. I love to host, collaborate and teach, and I also found myself longing for in-person connections, and a greater sense of community. Writing is generally considered a solitary practice and that is something I like about it, but even my introverted-self longs to connect over creative work sometimes. It can be energizing and inspiring to create in a room with other peop
Announcing Writing from the Body + a Book Talk at my Favorite Lingerie Shop (opens the original)
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If you like what you read please click the heart button and restack. Dear friend,I am writing not from Greece, the local farmstand, nor my favorite <a href="https://substack.com/@laurakhoudari/note/c-272831066?r=1s9g9r&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=
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