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Rediscovering '90s Vibes: Why Adulting Feels Like Déjà Vu 30 years later
Figuring out what to do and discovering what to treasure
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Daphne Berryhill
Does everything need to be wrapped in a story?
Finding Meaning Beyond the Narrative: When everything becomes a story, how do you know what’s real anymore?
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Daphne Berryhill
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How I'm thinking about health and well-being after 50
Organic bubbles pop too: Making peace with uncertainty as my body and health change with age
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Feeling alone at the cafeteria Catholic table
Growing divisions feel arbitrary, political, and even mean. Why do differences need to divide people and families into what feels like separate planets?
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Daphne Berryhill
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One and the same with your mom—why is separation so hard?
When a parent has a much harder start to life than you, there’s a gift in that: perspective. But it can also make hard things harder to say.
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"Surrendered Motherhood" author Bled Tanoe finds sweetness in every season
From NICU mom to fierce advocate, Dr. Bled Tanoe chronicles her arduous path to motherhood, finding splendor and renewed faith while caring for her…
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Daphne Berryhill
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.
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Talking fertility with the Egg Whisperer
From egg and sperm freezing to ethical donation, Bay Area reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Aimee Eyvazzadeh explains the changing reproductive…
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Daphne Berryhill
My late '90s choice: Have a baby now or wait? Whose body is it anyway?
The nineties offered a new version of treating women’s bodies like machines. And your career depended on your ability to conform.
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My parents' cost-of-living struggle in the '70s. Why is help still so hard to get?
Hearing my parents' voices in letters from 50 years ago has got me thinking about the impossible choices too many families face. Did the '70s really…
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Barbie: Gen X to Gen Z
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.
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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.
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