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When Your Protagonist Boos You (opens the original)
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I put my protagonist aside for a few days this week to focus on a lecture about being the main character in your life. Similar kingdom, different species.I am always over the moon when someone, anyone, invites me for a workshop. This particular event was for menopause-specific physicians and practitioners to also share with their patients. Shazam! Sign me up—this is a favorite group to teach.I prepped for days. Reworking an older workshop, sweating over the details and practicing for cadence. It
Regrets Only (opens the original)
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The Pink Binder of Procrastination (opens the original)
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Falling for False Gold (opens the original)
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PART ONEI fell for it. The muscularly cut woman with a crop top performing squats with what looked like weights I had admired once in the gym. She appeared effortless, put together, and earnest in her advice. “I’m 56,” she said to the camera, ring lights hitting all the right angles. Then came the advice: follow this plan, take this supplement; the guidelines are only $19.00. Surely a bargain for the promised land of a post-menopausal metabolism boost. I had paused just long enough for the algor
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