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This article by AnnaMarie Houlis first appeared on Fairygodboss and  has been republished with permission.

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Chronic pain affects anywhere from 11% to 40% of people in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In fact, in 2016, an estimated 20.4% of U.S. adults had coped with chronic pain, and 8% of U.S. adults had high-impact chronic pain. 

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As businesses across the world shutter — with little idea as to whether or when they’ll be able to reopen — countless people are left feeling like their careers have been put on hold.  Read...

I think we both sleep a little sounder curled up with each other. And as annoying and cliché as it sounds, it really won't last forever.

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I'll never forget the time someone told me to "stick a tampon in it" — that I was being "crazy" because my "hormones must be through the roof." Read...

Our parenting standards are high. As our children and families grow, we may struggle to stay on that perfect course.

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Financial anxieties are on the rise and, for many of us, triggering memories of the last recession we lived through, in 2008.  Read...

How do you survive a cliquey workplace without having to pretend to be someone your not?

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This article by Liv McConnell first appeared on Fairygodboss and has been republished with permission.

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Not to contribute toward society’s habit of picking apart feminine communication patterns, but I’ll say it: in my own life, at least, the tendency to over-apologize was something I had to put effort into unlearning. 

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Small talk is about as dreary as the murky skies and as painfully vexing as the overcrowded parkway.

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The reality is that not everyone wants children. Read...