Magic rarely comes from a self who’s aimed at being the best. Magic lives inside the doubts, fears, and hesitations of your conflicted heart. Accepting your ambivalence and trusting your instincts is what makes that magic blossom.

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~monday motivation~ from Heather Havrilesky's ask polly column today, and lost pleiad (1884) by william-adolphe bouguereau

It's a good day to look at the cover for my first novel, WOMEN'S HOTEL, out 10/15/24...available for pre-order now...the cover is full of tiny little windows with interesting objects in them...

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In Heather Havrilesky's Ask Polly columns, I feel like I've had very productive therapy sessions while reading about someone else's life and problems

My older daughter’s childhood friend died at the age of 14 from a single pill she purchased from someone she met online.

Fentanyl poisoning deaths are preventable. Naloxone belongs in every first aid kit.

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I’ve always been a big believer that everyone should know CPR (if only because taking a first aid & CPR course really helps you not freeze in an emergency) and now I believe really strongly that everyone should carry naloxone & know how to use it (easy!)

Helpful information on fentanyl poisoning. Thousands a year are dying from one bad pill. Everyone should have naloxone in their first aid kits at this point. Please read and share.

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'The atrocities committed by Hamas on Oct. 7 were unconscionable and depraved, and the taking and holding of hostages is abhorrent. But the right to self-defense does not and cannot require unleashing this humanitarian nightmare on millions of civilians.'

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Andre Braugher was quite simply one of the greatest actors in the history of the medium. He rarely got his due but we all knew it. A force of nature. What a loss.

a beautiful gutwrenching essay from Heather Havrilesky on Matthew Perry, the corrosiveness of shame and why how we remember his struggles — and his generous honesty about his failings — matters deeply to our own lives

nytimes.com/2023/11/06/opi…

'Flailing confusedly, craving more love, more safety, less loneliness isn’t just human; it’s the signature move of every human alive.' Love this, by Heather Havrilesky nytimes.com/2023/11/06/opi…

Of all my reading for therapeutic reasons nothing comes close to Heather Havrilesky's blog AskPolly. Can't believe an advice column directed mostly at women would help a dude bro man's man like myself. The self introspection I gained was painful at first but ultimately fulfilling.…

Im taking a memoir writing workshop this week at a place that makes you feel like maybe the universe really is conspiring in your favor & then this Heather Havrilesky newsletter shows up & it's so good. I want all the women who write abt their lives to read it: askmolly.substack.com/p/undead

Made it free for you! Thanks for asking.

How to I read this for free, when i saved it, it was free i think now its paid. Can someone help?

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I could only understand parts of this and it's possibly my favorite review ever.