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How Systematic Barriers Can Shape Your Calling

We have all felt it-that heavy, sinking sense of being stuck in a loop. You wake up, do the same thing day in and day out, and nothing seems to ...
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Workplace Accommodations: Redefining Productivity as a Disabled Person

There is a specific, heavy silence that often follows a request for a bit more time or a different way of doing things. When I was starting out in the ...
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Navigating Systemic Barriers: Finding Grace in the Gap

In 1995, I held a master’s degree in journalism and mass communication from Kent State University in my hand and eagerness in my heart. I felt qualified. I possessed drive. ...
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Stopping the Sabotage: Finding Your Place Beyond the Comparison Trap

Have you ever looked at the world around you and thought, I don't have what it takes? Or maybe you've watched someone else doing exactly what you feel drawn to ...
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The ADA “Religious Exemption” and Disability Exclusion

Let’s start with the numbers, because they tell astory.   According to the CDC, 26 percent of adults in the United States have some type of disability. That is one ...
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Hands reaching up to hearts - Breaking the Stranglehold of Loneliness

Breaking the Stranglehold of Loneliness

Transitioning from a 9-to-5 job to the life of a writer has been, in many respects, a very lonely process. You put your work out there, exposing your heart, and ...
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Woman sitting with leaved behind her - Are You an Introvert, or Just Protecting Your Peace?

Are You an Introvert, or Just Protecting Your Peace?

I used to think I was just an introvert. After years of working from home, I have had plenty of time to reflect. I’ve realized it’s not that I’m an ...
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Woman sitting on a box with rain outside - Please, Don't Fix Me. Just Hear Me.

Please, Don’t Fix Me. Just Hear Me.

A few days ago, Matthew and I were talking through an ongoing trial. “I don’t know how to fix it,” confessed Matthew. “I don’t need you to have a solution,” ...
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Illustration of woman sitting on a box alone - Beyond the Pity Project

Beyond the Pity Project

I remember one summer when my mom paid a neighbor girl to pop in every once in a while to keep me company. My brother and sister each had for ...
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