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The Danish Secret: How Hygge Brings Healing

Hygge means threading love, warmth, and coziness into the fabric of your days

Oct 25, 2023

The Danish Secret: How Hygge Brings Healing

Oct 25, 2023

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Fourth Wave

“The Giving Tree” Reimagined: Mutuality, Reciprocity, and Community

Was this story truly about benevolence, or was it something else entirely?

May 9

“The Giving Tree” Reimagined: Mutuality, Reciprocity, and Community

May 9

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The Memoirist

Dolmas, Donkeys, and Yiayias : Childhood Summers in Cyprus

My fond memories of the Mediterranean island are numerous

Feb 22

Dolmas, Donkeys, and Yiayias : Childhood Summers in Cyprus

Feb 22

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About Me Stories

About Me — Eleni Stephanides

Brought to you by a gay Millennial from a swinging chair with cats

Jan 23

About Me — Eleni Stephanides

Jan 23

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My Boosted Stories

Stories of queerness, neurodivergence, confronting grief and loss, and the journey to answer life’s big questions

Jun 20

My Boosted Stories

Jun 20

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Read or Die!

Writer’s Creed: I Must Not Chase the Ideas

Catching waves of creativity is a daily practice of surrender

6d ago

Author looks out onto an ocean

6d ago

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Gardening, Birding, and Outdoor Adventure

Birds, Blooms, and Beauty at Vallarta Botanical Garden

Where paradise meets authenticity in Puerto Vallarta

Dec 3

A lush greenhouse with an ornate glass roof and hanging plants

Dec 3

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The Penny Pub

ADHD in Adulthood: How I Navigate Life, Learning, and Emotions

Finding focus and flourish in neurodivergence

Nov 29

Author and friend on adult go-karts in one picture. A frog figurine doing a yoga pose next to a quaint desk clock in the other picture.

Nov 29

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Black Bear

Gratitude Isn’t Just a Feeling — It’s a Choice That Transformed My Life

Choosing presence in fragile and fleeting times

Nov 26

Author as a kid, smiling in front of a bush in a Piedmont Highlanders sweatshirt. Author’s gratitude list from elementary school.

Nov 26

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Prism & Pen

The Dual Pull of City and Country: LGBTQ+ Life Across Landscapes

Reflections on two contrasting worlds

Nov 26

Author poses next to two piglets in the countryside. A pyramid of hay bales next to a tractor and a stunning blue sky.

Nov 26

Eleni Stephanides

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LGBTQ+ writer and Spanish interpreter who enjoys wandering through nature, reading fiction and mental health content, speaking Spanish, and petting cats.

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