Category: Growth
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I Didn’t Deploy. I Still Deserve to Heal.
Female Veteran Mental Health: The Whisper That Haunts Us There’s this voice in the back of my head that sometimes whispers:You didn’t deploy. So what makes you think you deserve support? It shows up when I’m asking for help. When I open the VA Crisis Line and feel like I don’t belong. When I sit…
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How to Start a Business (From Scratch and With Heart)
What Is a Business? And What Does It Really Mean to Start One? Imagine making something people love—a warm loaf of bread, a beautifully written story, or a healing tea blend—and someone says, “I’ll pay you for that.” That moment is the seed of how to start a business. A business is simply a way…
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When Love Exists, But You Still Feel Invisible
This story explores the complexities of feeling unseen in marriage, where love exists but balance must be restored. Love should hold you, lift you, and make you feel seen. But what happens when it’s real—yet still leaves you feeling invisible? What happens when love is not the problem—but the imbalance of it is? Because love…
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The Weight of the Mind:Understanding Anxiety and Depression
Understanding Anxiety and Depression Anxiety and depression are two of the most pervasive and misunderstood conditions in modern society. Society often dismisses anxiety and depression as weaknesses, minimizes them as stress, or buries them beneath the weight of stigma. Moreover, it minimizes them as just stress or buries them under the weight of stigma. But…
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The Art of Wrapping Our Words and Embracing Inner Peace
Introduction Have you ever walked away from a conversation replaying your words, wondering if you could have spoken with more kindness or patience? We’ve all been there. Words carry immense power—not just in what we say, but in how we say it. They can either be a gift, wrapped with care and intention, or a…