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Raising a Beautiful Mind

Is your Pain your Comfort Zone?

Because let’s face it, the alternative may feel pretty scary.

5 min readSep 27, 2023

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Is your Pain your Comfort Zone?

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Melanie Smith
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Modern Women

How Much Do You Really Want It?

3 questions I use to consider my motives

3 min readSep 26, 2023

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How Much Do You Really Want It?

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Melanie Smith
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Modern Women

How Eating Savory has Changed my Life

And what I found testing Marilyn’s Prawn glow…

4 min readSep 23, 2023

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How Eating Savory has Changed my Life

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Melanie Smith
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Modern Women

F*** the hustle culture, I’m tired.

Fix the system, not our bodies.

3 min readSep 15, 2023

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F*** the hustle culture, I’m tired.

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Melanie Smith
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Invisible Illness

Low Key Progressive Burnout and The Crescendo When It All Comes Out

Your body really does keep the score

8 min readSep 14, 2023

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Low Key Progressive Burnout and The Crescendo When It All Comes Out

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Melanie Smith
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Invisible Illness

My Depression Isn’t Sadness — It’s Numbness and Anhedonia.

There’s a difference and it shouldn’t be overlooked.

4 min readSep 11, 2023

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My Depression Isn’t Sadness — It’s Numbness and Anhedonia.

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Melanie Smith
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Invisible Illness

Dissociation and Feeling like ET: The Lesser-Spoken Symptom of Anxiety

When you’ve been trickle-charging with burnout and stress for too long and you’re on the way to the moon.

5 min readAug 16, 2021

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Dissociation and Feeling like ET: The Lesser-Spoken Symptom of Anxiety

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Melanie Smith
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Invisible Illness

Either I’m Depressed or I’m an Octopus

I’m opting for the latter.

4 min readAug 13, 2021

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Either I’m Depressed or I’m an Octopus

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Melanie Smith

Why Netflix’s Top Boy leaves you wanting the bad boy

But for only a fraction of the month, if we buy the theory.

5 min readAug 11, 2021

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Why Netflix’s Top Boy leaves you wanting the bad boy

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Melanie Smith

What my French Ancestors are teaching me about beauty

And it’s not what you think — A lesson in radical self acceptance and the surprisingly positive effects of sans decoration.

6 min readFeb 5, 2020

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What my French Ancestors are teaching me about beauty

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Melanie Smith

Melanie Smith

Design Thinker | Artist | Innovator | Writer | Explorer | Wellness Junkie | Air traffic controller | Mental Health Advocate | Burnout Recoverer

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