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Karin Belgrave: Spring Gratitude
A busy mom/working photographer shares how she’s been Spring cleaning by ridding her life of mental baggage and instead, making time for what’s most important. Here, she shows exactly how it’s possible.
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Kimberly Allen: Becoming My Own Partner
This Fortytude exemplar took her life into her own hands and in doing so, fell in love with herself. She also became a mother to a beautiful little boy.
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Jennifer Andres: The Ivy League: An Invasive Species
A mom, educator and school counselor offers perhaps one of the best inside looks at education in the United States—old-growth ivy and all.
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Posted in Family, Featured, Sarah's Blog
Tagged academic achievement, Brown, children, college, competitive, Dream Act, Education, Harvard, ivy, Ivy League, kids, Mt. Hood, Oregon, Phil Knight, Portland, Princeton, Republicans, school, Yale
Kendra Kawaguchi Anderson: The Truth About Fracking
Fracking gives WTF a new meaning. Here, a woman personally touched by the issue explains.
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Posted in Featured, Health, Sarah's Blog
Tagged children, controversy, energy, environment, extractive industries, fracking, government, Montana, policy, resources, well water
No Pity Parties for Us
Nobody told me pregnancy would be easy, but I still wasn’t prepared for my newfound limitations. Remembering a special moment in Haiti—and the amazingly strong women I encountered—helped me break the useless pity-party pattern.
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Posted in Inspiration, Sarah's Blog
Tagged children, earthquake, Haiti, hurricane, JPHRO, mother, relief, Sean Penn
Carré Otis: A New Context: Writing the Past Grounds the Present
Without question, our stories are ours to tell. But sometimes, digging into our pasts to reveal our truths can be extraordinarily difficult. Here, author Carré Otis shares how and why she came to tell her story.
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August Authors: Barbara Morrison: Let Us Tell Our Stories
“Innocent” author Barbara Morrison shares about how she joined a group she’d been ashamed to be a part of, yet which helped reset the course of her life.
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Posted in Family, Inspiration, Sarah's Blog
Tagged August, author, children, community, expenses, mother, single mother, stigma, welfare
Fifty Shades of…OH MY
The novel ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ has created quite the stir—both between friends in conversation and between the sheets. What is your take on this unveiled (and somewhat dark) look at human sexuality?
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Posted in Adventure, Sarah's Blog
Tagged BDSM, children, E.L. James, erotic, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fortytude, London, novel, popular, progressive, sex, sexuality, women, world
Guest Blog: Sue Smalley, Ph.D.: Idleness as a Sign of Success
What does it mean to be successful? So often in our materially-oriented society, success is marked tangibly, by a fancy car, a mansion or even by that next promotion. Here, a UCLA professor shares how success could actually mean none of those things—something quieter, and more profound.
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Posted in Career, Life Skills, Sarah's Blog
Tagged ability, Aristotle, children, exemplar, Fortytude, free, idleness, investigation, practice, Psychiatry, psychology, Science, success, The Huffington Post, UCLA
Guest Blog: Daphne Zuniga: The Gift of Not Being a Mother
Fortytude exemplar and actress Daphne Zuniga explores what it means to be an aunt and not have children of her own—and how ‘not’ being a mother can be a gift, as well.
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Posted in Family, Fortytude Exemplars, Sarah's Blog
Tagged actress, aunt, auntie, children, Daphne Zuniga, exemplar, Fortytude, gift, gifts, mother
