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In the everyday moments, we find our radiance
Presence is the portal to radiance, my word of the year. Grounded in the present moment, I'm less likely to gaslight myself with my own aspirational…
Jan 13
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Amy Brown
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A Radiant Year
With RADIANCE as my word of the year for 2026, I will hold onto all that illuminates my path. Even when it's dark and we stumble, a light shines within…
Jan 6
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Amy Brown
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Coming home to ourselves, a lifelong journey
In this final Part 5 of the COMING HOME series, the ultimate return home: to oneself. It may take a lifetime to find one's way but there is no sweeter…
Dec 30, 2025
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Amy Brown
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Finding home in the rituals we carry with us
In Part 4 of the COMING HOME series, we explore the rituals that provide a sense of home no matter where we are in the world. These rituals have always…
Dec 23, 2025
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Amy Brown
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Home as Kinship: Finding Home in the People We Love
In part 3 of COMING HOME, we explore home as kinship, which for me is as much love ties as blood ties: any person who has entered my life and settled in…
Dec 16, 2025
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Amy Brown
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What if home was not a fixed place but a lifelong journey?
Dec 2, 2025
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The 25 newsletters about life abroad I wish I'd had in my back pocket before moving to Barcelona
Aug 12, 2025
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Amy Brown
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Do I want to date again after 35 years?
Jul 23, 2024
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Amy Brown
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Friday Happy Hour: As a woman of many appetites, here’s what fed me on Substack this week
Jan 26, 2024
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Amy Brown
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How place shapes us: the search for belonging
In part 2 of COMING HOME, we explore the geography of place in our search for belonging — the most human of desires.
Dec 9, 2025
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Amy Brown
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What if home was not a fixed place but a lifelong journey?
What does home mean to you? In December we explore the many rooms that open the door to ourselves in the series, "Coming Home." This week guest writer…
Dec 2, 2025
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Amy Brown
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Sadness comes for us all: Learning to be thankful for this gift
The final installment of the series exploring how the the Seven Deadly Sins constrain women, I explore sadness, once among the Eight Demonic Thoughts…
Nov 25, 2025
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Amy Brown
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Befriending our anger we set ourselves free
This is the seventh installment of an eight-week series exploring how the Seven Deadly Sins were designed to constrain women. This week explores WRATH…
Nov 18, 2025
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Amy Brown
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In search of the lusty wench
The sixth installment of an eight-week series exploring how the the Seven Deadly Sins constrain women. This week, I explore the topic of lust, desire…
Nov 11, 2025
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Amy Brown
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When is the wanting enough? A story of women, greed and embracing our value
The fifth installment of an eight-week series exploring how the the Seven Deadly Sins constrain women. This week I look at greed, cloaked in shame…
Nov 4, 2025
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Amy Brown
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This woman's inner sloth delights in her very sinful naps
The fourth installment of an eight-week series exploring the Seven Deadly Sins (plus sadness) and how they constrain women. This week I write about…
Oct 28, 2025
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Amy Brown
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A woman of appetite embraces her gluttony
Welcome to the third installment of an eight-week series: an exploration and embrace of the Seven Deadly Sins. This week Gluttony gets a seat at the…
Oct 21, 2025
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Amy Brown
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Pride & prejudice: How the 'deadly sin' of pride caused me to swallow my voice
The second installment of an eight-week series exploring the Seven Deadly Sins (plus sadness) and how they constrain women. This week, a look at how I…
Oct 14, 2025
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Amy Brown
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Living in 3D
Life lessons in embracing desire in every decade from a late-blooming woman in her 60s, still in the process of becoming. We thrive by planting our roots in all three dimensions at once: mind, body and spirit.
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