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Forget what’s next on the horizon. Savor the view now.
Life after 50: Silencing your inner clock and critic to break free from warped scrutiny, bubbles and timelines.
Apr 12
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Daphne Berryhill
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Staying Alive Inside While Feeling Dead to the World
A too-much tipping point is closer than you think and anyone can end up on it.
Mar 9
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Daphne Berryhill
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Late '90s look behind the Walgreens counter on Chicago's North Shore
Walgreens was emblematic of major problems in the larger work culture and a professional ethos of staying compliant, agreeable, and always businesslike.
Feb 19
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Daphne Berryhill
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Snow Globe Memories of Malls, Hairbands and a Scarlet 'S'
When pain is frozen in time, old memories feel fresh, raw and impossible to rebury. Stories need to come out. And pain deserves a proper burial.
Jan 20
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Daphne Berryhill
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When a parent treats you like crap, why is it so hard to let go?
Sorting through the past: I always knew my brother's life was harder than mine. But I never knew just how hard until after he died.
Nov 21, 2023
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When a parent treats you like crap, why is it so hard to let go?
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The Childhood Music That Shapes Who We Are
A too-late thank you to my piano teacher, Kimberly Schmidt. Through starts and stops, he taught me to find flow, reject the label, and just keep going.
Oct 24, 2023
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Daphne Berryhill
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The strangeness of being in the middle of your mom and her mother-in-law
My grandma Marie banished my mom from existence after my parents divorced. But I remember when they were both on the same side: my dad's side.
Sep 12, 2023
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Daphne Berryhill
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Back to the Barbie 80s and 90s through the hypnotic spiral of nostalgia
From My First Barbie to pukey pink to not wanting to be fatter than the guy: I never wanted to see Barbie again. And now Gen Z's got me rethinking.
Aug 15, 2023
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Daphne Berryhill
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The First Birthday After the Death of a Love One
My brother Patrick’s death reminded me that any day could be my last too. “Hurry and get a move on it,” he’d tell me. His voice. It’s always there.
Aug 8, 2023
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Marriage and Scandal in the Pre-Boomer Olden Days
Forget happily ever after. Some marriages were heart-wrenching prison sentences. Staying avoided scandal. But some scandals might be worth the risk.
Jul 28, 2023
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Daphne Berryhill
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Mama Needs Her La-La-Land Time
Where'd my imagination go? I want it back!
Apr 23, 2023
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Bodily change, middle school to midlife
Finding your flow through uncharted, unstoppable life stuff, in a body that's starting to feel old and unfamiliar
Mar 21, 2023
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