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Nina Camp: Why I Can Only Love an Addict

2012-05-23T08:58:20Z

He didn't really abandon me, since he couldn't really have stayed. If I can't be abandoned, and I can't control or fail to control someone else's behavior, then I can start to love.

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Margaret Wheeler Johnson: I Told Everyone About My Breakup -- Except Him

2012-05-21T07:19:34Z

There's no reason I shouldn't tell him. She and I are seeing other people now. I'm over it. And yet I still can't bring myself to say the words.

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Shannon Bradley-Colleary: Going to Therapy with my Mother

2012-05-16T19:05:06Z

"Don't let your life be all about men the way mine has been," my mom said on the long distance line as I sobbed about my latest tortured love affair circa 1991.

Read more: Mother Daughter Relationships, Family Healing, Abuse, Children and Divorce, Divorce, My Story, Death of a Spouse, Stepparents, Women News

Melanie Curtin: 10 Things I Know Now That I'm Thirty

2012-05-16T09:31:46Z

I'm not perfect, but I'm doing the right things for the right reasons. In other words, I'm 30, and I've earned it.

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The Moment I Knew I Needed More Sleep (SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO)

2012-05-08T16:47:30Z

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'I’ve Always Felt That When You Inhale, I Exhale'

2012-04-30T14:27:25Z

Jody Houston, 57, interviews her daughter, Barbara Cooper, 30.

Jody Houston: You were born prematurely. The doctor came into the recovery room, a...

Read more: Celebrate Mother's Day, Coping With Illness, Mother's Day 2012, Mother Daughter Relationships, Barbara Cooper, Jody Houston, Mothers-Day-Pkg, My Story, Mother Daughter, Storycorps, Progeria, MOM: A Celebration of Mothers, Women News

Lea Lane: Isolated on an Island, Dealing With Grief

2012-04-27T16:38:57Z

Alone on the cliffs of Grand Manan Island overlooking the misty Bay of Fundy, I didn't feel any lonelier than I did anywhere else. I felt peaceful. I missed my husband, but now I felt his presence more clearly in my memories.

Read more: Bay of Fundy, Relationships, Mindful Living, Grief, My Story, Death and Dying, Canada, Travel, Unplug and Recharge, Healing, New Brunswick, Grand Manan Island, Grieving, Emotional Wellness, Gps-Soul, Solitude, Healthy Living News

Patricia Crisafulli: Rewriting the Story of Your Life

2012-04-16T14:20:46Z

At midlife, it's time to sort through the life stories we tell, pitching out the ones that no longer fit.

Read more: Creativity, Emotional Healing, Childhood Memories, Inspiration, Fifty News, Writing, Memories, Personal Narrative, Life Story, My-Story, Fifty News

The Moment I Knew I Was Depressed (SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO)

2012-04-19T08:31:36Z

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Amanda Beard: In The Water, They Can't See You Cry

2012-04-03T14:28:49Z

I lay there for hours trying to conceive of one thing that I could feel confident about, only to return to my list over and over and over. There was nothing special about me, nothing worth being loved.

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Tracy Crow: Eyes Right: The Affair That Ended My Career as a Female Marine

2012-04-02T09:13:29Z

It was March 1987. The year Prozac made its debut. Gasoline was eighty-nine cents a gallon. Televangelist Jim Bakker had self-destructed, much the same way I had, by way of sex scandal.

Read more: Love Sex, Female Marine, Sex and the Military, My Story, Female Marine Affair, Affairs in the Military, Having an Affair in the Military, My-Story, Eyes Right, Female Marines, Women News

Melody Moezzi: Go Back to My Country?

2012-03-29T14:45:30Z

You never forget the first time you're told to "go back to your country." It's like being punched in the heart and stomach simultaneously.

Read more: Islam, Muslim, Islamophobia, Shaima Alawadi, Shaima Alawadi Death, Iraq, United States, My Story, U.S., Culture News

Hayley Krischer: Thinspo Blogging Continues On Everyone's Favorite Site: Pinterest

2012-03-25T16:50:25Z

When I was 15, I went through a bulimic episode.

Read more: Thinspo, Anorexia, Body Image, Pinterest, Eating Disorders, Teenage Girls, My Story, Bulimia, Women News

Cheryl Strayed: How I Found Myself In The Wild

2012-03-20T10:35:20Z

It was a world I thought would make me into the woman I knew I could become and turn me back into the girl I'd once been. A world that measured two feet wide and 2,663 miles long.

Read more: Hiking, My Story, Pacific Crest Trail, Divorce, Cheryl Strayed, Books We Love, Wilderness Trail, Wild, Women-Authentic-Beauty, Video, Women News

Gila Shapiro: Something Like A Family

2012-03-19T10:37:26Z

At some point, I don't remember exactly when, I stopped replacing my fraying lacy underwear with new lacy underwear and instead bought packs of three or five single color elastic fit.

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Denise Vivaldo: Why This Chef Said Women Ruin Food

2012-03-14T11:10:29Z

I asked for clarification. When women have their periods, they ruin the food? Yep, that was it.

Read more: Sandra Fluke, Denise Vivaldo, Herb Caen, Rush Limbaugh, Culinary School, Sexism, My Story, Women News

Nina Camp: Why Seeing Liev Schreiber Led To A Meltdown

2012-03-11T09:40:00Z

I don't want to write about seeing Liev Schreiber in the lobby of the Mark Hotel. What should've been a fine, passing starlit moment became, with Alec there, a crisis.

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The Moment I Knew I Had To Lose Weight (SUBMIT YOUR VIDEO)

2012-03-09T08:31:36Z

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Her Story: Tell Us About A Woman Who Changed Your Life

2012-03-07T15:47:21Z

March is Women's History Month, a month filled with conferences, broadcasts and speeches remembering women who paved the way for the rest of us. It's ...

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WATCH: The Joys And Health Benefits Of Living Alone

2012-03-07T11:31:18Z

A growing number of people live alone. In fact, single living is one of the most common types of "families" -- along with childless couples -- Ann Cur...

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Laura Schocker: Why I Love Living Alone

2012-03-07T06:19:34Z

Living alone gets a bad rap in our society. But before you let the stats keep you up in bed (alone) at night, consider this: With the right lifestyle and support network, there are actually some great health benefits to living alone.

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Jessica Pearce Rotondi: What's In A Bra (Besides The Obvious)?

2012-02-24T15:55:58Z

Bras are a way for women to try on different versions of themselves.

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Lori Fradkin: Why I Still Love The Oscars

2012-02-24T16:52:20Z

The thing about watching the Academy Awards is it's only partially about watching the awards. Ask them what I served at my party and they will answer without hesitation. Cupcakes.

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Joan Gelman: She was an inmate. I was a suburbanite. We were never supposed to be friends.

2012-02-08T09:21:53Z

She was an inmate. I was a suburbanite. We were never supposed to be friends.

Read more: Governor David Paterson, Rehabilitation, Judy Clark, Clemency, Iowa Writer's Workshop, Harriet Clark, Adversity, Stuyvesant High School, Inspiration, Female Friendship, Prison System, My Story, Women News

Cris Beam: Mother, Stranger: As A Child, I Thought I Could Help Her ...

2012-01-30T07:24:07Z

I thought I had the power to keep Mom going strong -- that, like the moon, I could control her tides. Of course, I was a child; of course, I was wrong.

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