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What Is a Gut Feeling, and Should You Trust it?

Before relying on your intuition, ask yourself these questions

Jun 28, 2019

What Is a Gut Feeling, and Should You Trust it?

Jun 28, 2019

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BRIGHT Magazine

Dutch Moms Are Choosing Hospitals Over Home Births — And Maybe That’s A Good Thing

In the Netherlands, home births were the norm. But disorganized care and a rising demand for pain relief means that the tide is turning.

Jun 20, 2017

Dutch Moms Are Choosing Hospitals Over Home Births — And Maybe That’s A Good Thing

Jun 20, 2017

Olga Mecking

Why I Don’t Have a Niche for My Blog

“Hi,” said a fellow blogger at TBEX last year.

Jun 15, 2017

Why I Don’t Have a Niche for My Blog

Jun 15, 2017

Olga Mecking

Why the Best Stories Are the Worst

I’ve decided to participate in NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) this year. Yes, I’m writing a novel and my idea for it doesn’t seem…

Nov 3, 2016

Why the Best Stories Are the Worst

Nov 3, 2016

Olga Mecking

Raising Perfect Children, Global Style

A while back, I wrote about my favorite birth practices from all over the world, and I think you greatly enjoyed it (even if your ideas…

Oct 4, 2016

Raising Perfect Children, Global Style

Oct 4, 2016

Olga Mecking

The Yiddish Word All Writers Should Know

I don’t know when I first found about this word and its meaning. It could have been in the books I’ve been reading, or maybe something my…

Apr 29, 2016

The Yiddish Word All Writers Should Know

Apr 29, 2016

Olga Mecking

Why the Best Time to Travel Is With a Baby

Congratulations, you just had a baby. Maybe travel is the last thing on your mind right now. Maybe you think that when the baby is bigger…

Apr 13, 2016

Apr 13, 2016

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Conscious Creative

Why I Almost Quit Writing And The One Reason I Won’t

When I read the news about bombing in Paris, I felt the same sense of disconnection that I had felt when the WTC towers fell on September…

Feb 12, 2016

Why I Almost Quit Writing And The One Reason I Won’t

Feb 12, 2016

Olga Mecking

Olga Mecking

Writer, journalist, and translator. Words at CNN, The Atlantic, National Geographic, and others. See my portfolio at: www.olgamecking.com

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