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My Mantra And My Maltipoo Taught Me How to Manage Vicarious Trauma

Oct 20

Chewie, a small white malti-poo with big brown eyes

Oct 20

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A Technician Told Me I Had a Huge Mass on My Kidney

And no one would tell me what that meant.

Sep 30

Picture of author and husband posing outside her hospital.

Sep 30

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How to spend spoons

When I was 24, and still knew everything, I was the self-appointed manager of a small department at work. I say ‘self — appointed’ because…

Sep 22

Sep 22

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I used to say yes when I meant no.

So my new mantra is ‘If it’s not a hell yes, it’s a no, thank you’.

Sep 12

I used to say yes when I meant no.

Sep 12

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A Tale of Two Friendships

The importance of being valued.

Aug 22

A Tale of Two Friendships

Aug 22

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The Taoist Online

Active Listening to Yourself

I’ve been working towards having a regular meditation practice for about 10 years. I picture myself sitting in perfect lotus, on my purple…

Aug 17

Active Listening to Yourself

Aug 17

Karen Pellicano

How A 23-Year-Old Man Taught Me About Menopause

Chasing the Dream

Aug 5

How A 23-Year-Old Man Taught Me About Menopause

Aug 5

Karen Pellicano

Active Listening to Yourself

I’ve been working towards having a regular meditation practice for about 10 years. I picture myself sitting in perfect lotus, on my purple…

Aug 2

Active Listening to Yourself

Aug 2

Karen Pellicano

Universal School Meals is about so much more than free lunch

When I was in grade school, ‘regular’ kids had yellow lunch tickets and ‘poor’ kids had blue lunch tickets. Kids who brought lunch from…

Jul 25

Universal School Meals is about so much more than free lunch

Jul 25

Karen Pellicano

How to spend spoons

When I was 22, and still knew everything, I was the self-appointed manager of a small department at work. I say ‘self — appointed’ because…

Jul 16

How to spend spoons

Jul 16

Karen Pellicano

Karen Pellicano

Finding glimmers of hope and moments of success in a very broken US Healthcare System is not easy, and it's not always possible. But sometimes there is hope.

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