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What fresh hell is next – and when will I get a damn BREAK?

Every night I’m eating chips. I’m not even hungry! Why am I doing this?

I just want to stop drinking at night. But every night, I’m pouring myself a glass.

I’m snapping at my kids. I hate myself – and I think they hate me.

I’m embarrassed that I know the UPS guy by his first name – because…online...

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Unfortunately, I dreamed of being RICH RICH RICH!

It’s 1959 & your husband has unexpectedly died. You have two sons – 9 & 12.

Being a single woman in 1959, you don’t have an education or many options.

You go to work doing the only work you think you’re qualified for: cleaning at a local nursing home.

This is my beloved Mema’s story.

As a chil...

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My family went on vacation without me – and it was friggin’ GREAT!

Maybe at the beginning of COVID quarantine you began to love the scaling back of ā€˜shit to do’.

The ā€œdoing lessā€ā€¦

Maybe there was more quiet in your life…

I’m not gonna bullshit you & say everything’s been COVID-hunky dory over here in LiddyLand.

I’ve been scared & upset & flat out terrified –

B...

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Not Being Seen Is Holding You Back

The doctor shrugged at me. I’d just turned 40, and shit was starting to go south.

Not sleeping. Weight gain. ZERO libido. Exhaustion.

He shrugged and said, ā€œWell. You’re 40. That’s what it’s like.ā€

THAT’S WHAT IT’S LIKE?

THAT’s IT?

What the actual frick, man??

Ā 

This moment began my search to...

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When you’re clueless about what makes you special

I’ve told you about my $250,000 Ph.D. in business, right?

It was exquisitely personalized – teaching me business from the inside out –

which is why it cost so much. šŸ˜†

I paid for it with a $25K upfront investment, no salary draw, & plenty of sweat equity.

Take that part about the sweat literally ...

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How to make your offer sound special

Before COVID, I had an unwavering commitment to my eyelash extensions – like, maybe more serious than to my marriage. ;)

But now, I don’t wanna go back to them – because of both time & money. So I need a good mascara.

Which one, tho? I’m ridiculously lazy about research.

This is why I crowdsource...

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