Author: KathieyV
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Stress Relief and Self Care:Could Thrifting Be Your Next Stress Relief Strategy?
Stress Relief and Self Care:Could Thrifting Be Your Next Stress Relief Strategy? Let’s continue on with our series on stress relief and self-care. Today we’re exploring something a little different. Thrifting. And I have to be honest with you, I tried it myself before writing this post. What the Research Says Before I share my…
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The Joy Series: Joy Around the World – What Different Cultures Can Teach Us
The Joy Series: Joy Around the World – What Different Cultures Can Teach Us Post 3 of the Joy Series Joy is universal. Every culture on earth, across every century of human history, has pursued it, protected it, and built philosophies around it. And yet, the way different cultures define and experience joy varies in…
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Tell Your Story Through Journaling: Your First Kiss – A Memory You Never Left Behind
Tell Your Story Through Journaling Let’s Talk About Your First Kiss A journal series for women who are ready to tell their story. There are moments in life the brain simply refuses to let go of. A first kiss is one of them. Science has a lot to say about why. When two people share…
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The Joy Series: Joy vs. Happiness – They Are Not the Same Thing
The Joy Series: Joy vs. Happiness – They Are Not the Same Thing Post 2 of the Joy Series People use joy and happiness interchangeably all the time. I did too, for most of my life. But somewhere in the middle of the hardest years I have ever lived through, I started to understand…
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You Can’t Afford Not to Fight: The Divorce Loan
You Can’t Afford Not to Fight: The Divorce Loan I remember sitting alone, afraid to spend a single dollar. My ex-husband had been the primary breadwinner in our marriage, and when he left, I was suddenly facing a future I had no financial roadmap for. I did not know where I was going to live,…
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Monday Morning Motivation-Faith in the Face of Fear, Brodie and the Grocery Bag
Monday Morning Motivation Fear of the Unknown Brodie and the Grocery Bag On your typical day, my dog Brodie is not afraid of bags. He is not fearful of handbags, grocery bags, or trash bags. He is not even scared of tea bags. But this was not your typical day. It was cold, and…
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The Joy Series: When Joy Goes Silent
The Joy Series: When Joy Goes Silent Post 1 of the Joy Series The day my husband of 37 years walked out, joy didn’t just fade. It vanished. Completely. Like someone had quietly switched off a light that I had no idea how to turn back on. I had no idea it would take…
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You Can’t Afford Not to Fight: Funding Your Divorce When the Money Is Gone
You Can’t Afford Not to Fight: Funding Your Divorce When the Money Is Gone When my husband left, I discovered he had been quietly moving money into a personal account I knew nothing about. The only money I had was an inheritance from my parents, and he had been draining that without my knowledge. What…
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Dating Series: Meeting Someone for the First Time—The Perfect Coffee Date
Dating has evolved a lot over the years. Back when I was a teen, meeting someone often meant crossing paths at school or church, with a simple invitation to go out—easy and straightforward. Today, while some connections still happen face-to-face, many people are navigating the world of dating sites and apps. For those of us…
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Books, Beverages and More: Vampires, Ghosts and the People Who Haunt Our Hearts
Have you ever finished a book and thought, “I wish I could actually live inside this story for a little while”? Same. That is exactly why “Books, Beverages and More” was born. This is the place where pages meet real life, where a recipe simmering in chapter three becomes something I am actually making in my…