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Safe & Cozy, Surrounded by Friends
In the last post I talked about how to accept help and be with people you can trust to support you. This post I want to talk about cozy ways to get together that help us bond, build trust, and have fun doing it. In my youth, the parties I had and friends who…
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Design & Spirit: How Cultivating Your Style Fills Your Soul
Style and self expression. I imagine if you ask the average person if they know what they like, they’d say “yes”. But I think they may be hard pressed to pinpoint what they like, or what makes them happy. Knowing these things may seem like a no-brainer, but from my experience it most definitely…
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Home Ec: Why Don’t Schools Teach How to Run a Household?
I’m a social worker, and the population I work with are the chronically homeless. This means they’ve been homeless for 5 years or longer. Before I worked with this population, I viewed them mostly as lost causes. They seemed to me, so mentally ill, that there wasn’t anyway for them to come back. Or…