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An Injustice!

You Don’t Know How Brave I Am for Not Screaming

You had a long day of driving. I don’t dare wake you. I can ride it out. I can wait ’til morning. I can try to breathe. Except I’m not sure…

6 min readDec 14, 2022

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10 Research-Backed Truths About Endometriosis

What Endometriosis Patients Want Healthcare Professionals to Know

11 min readMar 13, 2022

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15 Things Chronic Pain Makes Me Do

Though you may not see me do them

8 min readApr 23, 2022

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5 Truths I Wish Everyone Knew About Endometriosis

Why raising awareness on the illness is not enough

8 min readJun 9, 2024

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Living Well While Being Ill

What endometriosis taught me about life

6 min readJan 9, 2024

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8 Questions I Ask Myself Daily

How I identify and nurture my needs every day in a noisy world

6 min readJan 8, 2024

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Unsubscribing

Each time I miscarried, I unfollowed every brand and newsletter that had anything to do with babies. I muted any Facebook friend who dared…

1 min readJan 7, 2024

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Unsubscribing

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10 Actions That Feel Good

Small conscious choices that help me reduce my anxiety and recenter

6 min readJul 30, 2023

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A sunflower farm at sunset

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Dear Academia, I Quit

I’ve been sitting on the hideous orange carpet for hours, the scent of cardboard and dust tickling my nose. The stuff I’ve kept says a lot…

12 min readMar 31, 2023

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11 Best Bits of Advice I’ve Ever Gotten

Little tidbits of wisdom that have changed the way I live

7 min readNov 23, 2022

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Kristina Kasparian, PhD

Kristina Kasparian, PhD

Author, neurolinguist, entrepreneur & health activist advocating for social justice in healthcare, especially for endometriosis. kristinakasparian.com

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