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For those of us with mother-shaped holes
Someday I’ll write about my relationship — or lack thereof — with my mother, and the irony of having started the nation’s largest mother-led nonprofit…
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What I learned as a white woman in the gun safety movement
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Scenes from my marriages
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Are you there God? It's me. I’m in menopause.
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Reflections on being burned in effigy
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Everything you always wanted to ask another woman about menopause* (*but were afraid to ask)
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What parents need to know about eating disorder content on social media
Some tips from my kids and other experts on how to manage exposure to harmful misinformation on apps and AI
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Are you a jackhammer or a hummingbird?
Do you charge forward in life, smashing everything in your way — like me, the jackhammer — or are you the hummingbird, moving from tree to tree,…
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I Love You. Stop Touching Me.
Why mothers in America are touched out
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Everything you always wanted to ask another woman about menopause* (*but were afraid to ask)
Covering the waterfront, from horse pee to hair loss
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What's on your mind?
Now that our “Playing with Fire” community is over 5,000 strong, I’d love to learn more about you! Where do you live, what and, maybe…what you’r…
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Scenes from my marriages
What I've learned from being married for more than half my life
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BOOK DISCUSSION QUESTION: Deathbed regrets, I have a few (with apologies to Frank Sinatra)
What do you worry you won't have accomplished or done or said before you die?
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