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From Subtraction to Expansion
Making Sense of Our Betrayal Stories and How to Move Forward
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Krista Drechsel
24
We Call This Being Human
On shame, epigenetics, and generations of women learning how to break through
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Krista Drechsel
17
Circles > Triangles
On female friendship, choosing your friends, and trusting in the power of the circle
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Krista Drechsel
24
In Praise of Soft, Animal Bodies
And a collection of delights for September
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Krista Drechsel
17
Joy Is Not a Luxury
A midwestern-eldest-daughter defeats the odds and begins to grasp there may be more to life than just working really, really hard.
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Krista Drechsel
34
YCMTPB
On being a good lifeboat and rowing back to the parts of ourselves we've left behind.
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Krista Drechsel
33
Do You See the Lake?
On turning thirty and remembering what it is to believe in magic and mystery.
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Krista Drechsel
19
Would You Like A Grief Cookie?
On love as containment, holding ourselves the way we always wanted to be held, and making something with our grief.
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Krista Drechsel
37
So, What Are We Supposed To Do With All These Teeth?
I care more than I ever thought possible about my children losing their baby teeth. As it turns out, it’s not really about the teeth.
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Krista Drechsel
39
The Invisible Thread
What, if anything, is strong enough to hold a family together for a lifetime?
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Krista Drechsel
15
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