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Surviving September
Sep 16, 2025 • Nicole J
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The Bittersweet Gift of Grief
Jul 25, 2025 • Nicole J
The Freedom of Middle Age
Jul 2, 2025 • Nicole J
Somebody That I Used to Know (and how I met Olivia Newton-John)
Jul 18, 2025 • Nicole J
Origin Story
Sep 19, 2024 • Nicole J
The Bittersweet Gift of Grief
The intersection of grief and gratitude.
Jul 25, 2025 • Nicole J
Somebody That I Used to Know (and how I met Olivia Newton-John)
How do we reconcile our past selves with the present?
Jul 18, 2025 • Nicole J
The Freedom of Middle Age
Writing a book was not on my 2025 bingo card.
Jul 2, 2025 • Nicole J
The Knot of This Life
We are all interconnected, as are the stories of our lives.
Jun 14, 2025 • Nicole J
Trust the Process
Writing about writing. So meta!
Apr 27, 2025 • Nicole J
Origin Story
Let's start at the beginning.
Sep 19, 2024 • Nicole J
No Time for Small Talk
No Time for Small Talk
I don't want to spend my one wild and precious life talking about the weather.
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