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I Locked Myself in the Bathroom to Cry. Now, I'm Using HRT.
I just managed to get all three boys home without crying on the school run.
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Lauren Crosby Medlicott
Why I've Worked From Coffee Shops Every Day This Week.
Hello from my local coffee shop chain.
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Lauren Crosby Medlicott
I'm Not Having More Babies. Here's Why.
Over the summer, our family of five drove two hours to spend three nights in paradise, in west Wales.
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I’m Anxious Attached. Here’s How It Impacts My Friendships.
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on: Pattaya Sex Workers Have No Choice
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How To Keep Sex Workers Safe
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When You Don't Belong
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Nobody Gets Through Life Unscathed
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I'm an American who has lived in the UK for 13 years. Here are the differences I've noticed.
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I’m Anxious Attached. Here’s How It Impacts My Friendships.
In the throws of summer holidays over here in Wales.
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A brutally honest conversation about body love, from a woman who has never been content with how she looks.
At 16, I distinctly remembering thinking I was fat at 140ish pounds.
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I'm an American who has lived in the UK for 13 years. Here are the differences I've noticed.
Quick housekeeping note.
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Unending Rain
Whenever someone, especially an American, says how miserable all the rain is in Wales, I switch into a protective parent mode.
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Post Busy Come Down
Two weeks ago, my typical day started at 6am with a 20-minute jog around the streetlight lit bus routes.
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The Olivia Rodrigo Release
Bududududududududu (is that how you spell the sound of drumming?).
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Just January, and Raging Hormones
Let me take you back to exactly 15 days ago.
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