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Working with your Feminine Cycle to Boost Creativity

The feminine cycle is a creative superpower! It’s true. It’s just centuries of patriarchy that have repressed this. Think about all the different slang used instead of saying truthful terms like period or menstruating. Equally, consider all the slang words attributed to the vulva and vagina. Growing up, I doubt few people called them that. …

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How to be creative every day (without adding anything new to your routine)

I often hear people say they lack any time to be creative. Even I sometimes reach the end of the day dejected because I never found the time to sit and write. Recently, I felt especially miserable at how much I have neglected my art. Many creatives, entrepreneurs and influences encourage us to be creative …

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Competitive Reading

All right, I’ll admit it. I am totally guilty of setting myself a reading challenge on Goodreads. This year, I’ve lowered the bar to eighteen. In previous years, I aimed for fifty-two; a book a week. I achieved it (once, I think). Last year, I didn’t. I noticed my anxiety surge because it was November, …