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Month: June 2019

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

June 30, 2019 admin Leave a comment

This is going to be my last ‘traditional’ post about what I’ve been reading lately, because as of now I…

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Filed under: choice, conbrio, feminism, femmelit, readmore, renatasalecl, slovenianlit, svinabrit, womenslit

Wednesday Wisdom

June 26, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Saw this and figured someone somewhere should see it, too.

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Filed under: endlessunknown, findyourself, grace, intheunknown, loveyourself

Wednesday Wisdom

June 19, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Wisdom in succinct doses is one of my favorite things.

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Filed under: enoughforyou, selfcare, selflove, wednesdaywisdom, youareenough

Badass Women: Empress Dowager Cixi

June 15, 2019 admin 2 Comments

This post is doubling as both Badass Women and What I’ve Been Reading Lately, as I just finished a biography…

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Filed under: badasswomen, china, chinesehistory, cixi, empressdowagercixi, feminism, femmelit, jungchang, readmore, whativebeenreadinglately, womenslit

Wednesday Wisdom

June 12, 2019 admin 1 Comment

We would never speak to other people (even strangers!) how we speak to ourselves sometimes. Be kind to everyone, but…

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Filed under: positivethinking, thoughtsarepowerful, usethemwisely, wednesdaywisdom

Slovenia: See it All in 10 Days

June 10, 2019 admin Leave a comment

With the almost completely unspellable capital of Ljubljana (don’t forget the j’s!), Slovenia is one of the lesser-known countries in…

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Filed under: adriaticsea, bled, celje, izola, koper, lakebled, ljubljana, maribor, postojnacaves, predjamacastle, ptuj, skofjaloka, slovenia, tiran, travelmore

Wednesday Wisdom

June 5, 2019 admin Leave a comment

Daily mantra.

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Filed under: dailymantra, everythingispreparation, livethelifeyouwant

What I’ve Been Reading Lately…

June 3, 2019 admin Leave a comment

“Call the Midwife,” Jennifer Worth The base for the popular British series of the same name, “Call the Midwife” fills…

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Filed under: callthemidwife, feminism, jenniferworth, readmore, rebeccamakkai, thehundredyearhouse, womenslit, womenswriting

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