Interpersonal Effectiveness
Just before Ben and I got married, the officiant looked at both of us and and told us the secret to a happy life together. “Just be kind to each other,” she said. It sounds so simple really, but boy is it not so easy to do. We get triggered by other people’s words. That […]
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Peach: A Cat of Many Lives
We never meant to get a second cat. Hell! I don’t even think that we meant to get the first one for that matter. Two wonderful, happy accidents, I suppose. Needle was the easy one. A friend found a litter of kittens in the woods by her Mom’s house. I took one as soon as […]
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Women’s Equality
I find it quite fitting that Women’s Equality Day (8/26) is during Virgo season. Or maybe it’s some terrible astrological joke considering its symbol is the Virgin (Mary). The definition of a ‘virgin’ is a woman who belongs to herself. Our culture doesn’t exactly teach us that. It teaches us that we first belong to […]
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Emotional Regulation
I have actually written quite a bit about emotional regulation, mainly because I suck at managing my own. I was not taught this in school, and it was definitely not something we talked about at all at home. In fact, I learned very early on that my emotions were a burden and needed to be […]
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Virgo Season
Virgo season runs from August 23 to September 22, and is ruled by Mercury. You know? The planet that when it goes into retrograde the electronics start acting all wonky. It’s actually because Mercury is the planet of the mind and communication. Technology is simply our current form of conversing with each other these days, […]
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Cat’s Night
As the Irish folklore goes, a witch could turn herself into a cat. On August 17, she transformed for the ninth time, and was unable to turn herself back. This is where you get the saying that a cat has nine lives. There is your fun fact of the day! Witch Trials We are still […]
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Jenna, You Should…
Do this. Do that. Go left. Turn right. Fuuuuuuuuck. Can I ever do anything right? According to everyone else, no. Isn’t that what we are taught growing up? To be perfect little specimens? Quite frankly I am tired of being picked and prodded. I am not a heifer. I feel like that’s what we women […]
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Back to the Basics
I’m sad. I’ve been that way for a bit now. I can see it in the pictures that I take. I am smiling, but it doesn’t quite reach my eyes. I’ve been here before. This is nothing new. I am just so overwhelmed right now. I’ve gone back to my morning pages recently as a […]
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Lammas Day
Astrologically speaking August 1 marks the midpoint between the summer solstice and the autumnal equinox. This totally reminds me of when I used to write press releases for the Science Museum. I did my internship there in college, but I digress. According to the Farmer’s Almanac, this “pagan day of harvest and thanks” is when […]
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Leo Season
Zodiac’s storyteller travels its journey through our galactic skies from June 23 to August 22. This fire sign also happens to be my moon sign. (Holy crap! Remember that time I got blown up in a food truck during a full moon? That’s some weird synchronicity.) Everyone spends a ton of time talking about their […]
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