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Learning to Love My 'Before' Body in an 'After' Body World
Following a brief period of body positivity, we have a new trend: claiming moral superiority for 'doing the work' to create a radically transformed body…
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Kirsten Powers
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I'm Writing Another Book: 'It Doesn't Have to Be This Way'
Based on the viral essay 'How We Live in the US is Not Normal' my upcoming book examines the toll of hyper-capitalism on Americans' lives and what we…
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Kirsten Powers
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What I Love about the US Even If I Don't Always Like It These Days
A Fourth of July reflection from afar
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Kirsten Powers
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June 2025

"I Had to Back Down or Double Down—And I Chose the Latter"
Powerhouse activist and author Shannon Watts on how to turn rejection, criticism, and resistance into fuel for your fire (Q&A)
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Kirsten Powers
Why You Might Want to Try 'Single Tasking'
Tip #3: The silence is where the magic happens. All we have to do is stop filling it.
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Kirsten Powers
15
Things That Don’t Suck Right Now
A not comprehensive list of what’s not making me sad, with pictures
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Kirsten Powers
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Is It Possible to Rewrite Our Relationship with Time?
New York Times bestselling author Chris Guillebeau explains how to break free of 'time anxiety'(Q&A)
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Kirsten Powers
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May 2025

My Anxiety Doesn't Care That I'm Living My Dream Life
What I Learned from Chris Martin and Dakota Johnson about mental health
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Kirsten Powers
41
When the Land Calls, the Only Answer Is Yes
Why Leyla Kazim is uprooting her life in London to farm the land in Portugal (Q&A)
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Kirsten Powers
15
Renovating a Hundreds-Year-Old Italian Trullo Taught Me a Few Things
I almost had a nervous breakdown but I'm completely in love with my little 'hobbit house' (lots of pics included)
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Kirsten Powers
44
Shame Is a Liar and It Might Be Holding You Back (Annalie Howling)
Listen 44 minutes | "Shame is telling you that you're the only one. And if you are the only one, then no one else can know about it." -- Annalie Howling
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Kirsten Powers
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It's Not Really About Glennon
How a popular writer became a proxy for the fear and frustration people feel living in a merciless hyper-capitalist system
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Kirsten Powers
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