You searched for stories — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/ words and images for mindful humans Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:29:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 https://www.emmpress.com/wp-content/uploads/cropped-Screenshot-2026-03-10-at-12.16.43-PM-32x32.png You searched for stories — EMMpress https://www.emmpress.com/ 32 32 On the flip side of life, trauma is your honor https://www.emmpress.com/on-the-flip-side-of-life-trauma-is-your-honor/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=on-the-flip-side-of-life-trauma-is-your-honor Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:29:59 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19583 After disasters, harsh realities, assh*les, and accidents, we are 100% allowed to be grateful those aspects of Self that help us to carry on. CRYSTALLINE CLARIFICATION HERE: this…

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]]> Staying in my bones and boobs: on pay equality, health care, and how to restructure an organization https://www.emmpress.com/staying-in-my-bones-and-boobs-on-pay-equality-health-care-and-how-to-restructure-an-organization/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=staying-in-my-bones-and-boobs-on-pay-equality-health-care-and-how-to-restructure-an-organization Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:15:01 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19387 I realized yesterday, the soaring health care costs I’m experiencing are mostly about keeping me in strong bones and boobs. My entire adult life, I’ve avoided being considered…

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]]> Sex & Death in the time of Kali Yuga https://www.emmpress.com/sex-death/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sex-death Sat, 22 Aug 2026 14:43:39 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19297 I have 20 minutes to write this, so lucky for you, it should be short. When I was around 15 years old, my mother announced one random day,…

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]]> recovering fast from a fall https://www.emmpress.com/recovering-fast-from-a-fall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=recovering-fast-from-a-fall Sat, 08 Aug 2026 13:36:40 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=19242 How purposeful breathing can heal trauma-in-the-making and stop pain. I just fell going down my back steps. As a 57 year old woman, the fear and negativity around…

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]]> Making a statement https://www.emmpress.com/making-a-statement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-a-statement Thu, 09 Jul 2026 12:58:36 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18747 I love this concept. And I’ve seen the power of making statements play out for those who know the power of words and also carry good character and…

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]]> What I know about social storytelling online https://www.emmpress.com/what-i-know-about-social-storytelling-online/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-i-know-about-social-storytelling-online Thu, 11 Jun 2026 18:37:11 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=18339 Besides writing an actual story, you know, like a book or play, there are other ways you can tell rich stories using platforms built for social media. And…

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]]> From post to gatepost: why “engaging” social media strategies don’t always get people to show up https://www.emmpress.com/from-post-to-gatepost/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=from-post-to-gatepost Fri, 10 Apr 2026 14:36:29 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17321 and what to do about it. Focusing on social media engagement stats can be antithetical to actually helping people show up in real life. Because “engagement-based” social strategies…

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]]> What happened to the chicken bag? https://www.emmpress.com/what-happened-to-the-chicken-bag/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-happened-to-the-chicken-bag Wed, 01 Apr 2026 13:51:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=17129 The types of explanations we received as kids about the mundane questions of life, alters how we develop our capacity for internal reasoning. Becoming educated with diversity of…

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]]> What’s your best marketing plan? https://www.emmpress.com/whats-your-best-marketing-plan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-your-best-marketing-plan Tue, 31 Mar 2026 23:25:14 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16993 Answer: the one you will actually do. No one needs to elaborate any more than this, but I will write like wild anyway because I’m a human who…

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]]> Finding order on the web https://www.emmpress.com/finding-order-on-the-web/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=finding-order-on-the-web Fri, 27 Mar 2026 20:53:52 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16841 Looking wholly at your web presence When it’s time to change your brand, there a few considerations before you transition a known web presence so you can protect…

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]]> weaving the www https://www.emmpress.com/weaving-the-www/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=weaving-the-www Mon, 16 Feb 2026 18:31:53 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16356 With the wild west, a personal party, and thoughts on the web as a woman’s medium. Women’s work, I’ve been told by more than a few wise souls,…

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]]> non-shop adventures and the underappreciated art of window shopping https://www.emmpress.com/non-shop-adventures-and-the-underappreciated-art-of-window-shopping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=non-shop-adventures-and-the-underappreciated-art-of-window-shopping Fri, 06 Feb 2026 21:29:27 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16261 Here’s a little story about non-shop adventures and participating in your local economy even when you aren’t flush with currency. It’s like flash-mobbing a business you love, but…

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]]> Writing for focus & fittings https://www.emmpress.com/writing-for-focus-fittings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=writing-for-focus-fittings Sun, 01 Feb 2026 13:01:37 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=16228 Who else makes things for the sake of focus? In my world, the process of writing gives me a coherent sense of thought, a long and lovely sound…

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]]> Jamestown, RI https://www.emmpress.com/jamestown-ri/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jamestown-ri Sun, 25 Jan 2026 20:30:37 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15699 Chapter One: Rock I grew up on “the rock,” otherwise known as Jamestown, RI. A place of roughly the same geographical spread as Manhattan, but far fewer people…

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]]> invoking dignity https://www.emmpress.com/invoking-dignity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=invoking-dignity Sat, 24 Jan 2026 15:45:01 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15919 This is another Term of Endearment post. A friend brought this to my attention by recommending this book: Dignity: It’s Essential Role in Resolving Conflict by Donna Hicks.…

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]]> “Came by it honestly” https://www.emmpress.com/came-by-it-honestly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=came-by-it-honestly Sat, 10 Jan 2026 12:37:13 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15585 Fiction vs non and protecting people and privacy while writing. My mother in law used this expression a while back and I found it immediately empowering. That’s because…

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]]> A Visual Peace: Art as Alchemy https://www.emmpress.com/a-visual-peace-art-as-alchemy/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-visual-peace-art-as-alchemy Fri, 02 Jan 2026 12:50:09 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=15324 Creative work is alchemy. It is an honest process, that sometimes culminates something that can touch the honest places in other people too. Art, music, poetry, and stories…

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]]> Why try bird’s eye? https://www.emmpress.com/why-try-birds-eye/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-try-birds-eye Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:47:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14951 On the art & science of mapping, and our physical positioning in relationship to the places we depict. Maps may have come about, in part, to verify that…

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]]> Living Legacy™ and loving turns of phrase https://www.emmpress.com/living-legacy-and-loving-turns-of-phrase/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=living-legacy-and-loving-turns-of-phrase Sun, 14 Dec 2025 13:05:06 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14859 I love turns of phrase, especially those that are, by their nature, contradictory. Living Legacy is one like this. Legacy, by definition, has to do with what you…

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]]> Life is a feeling https://www.emmpress.com/life-is-a-feeling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=life-is-a-feeling Mon, 10 Nov 2025 18:44:18 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14518 One of my teachers said the title of this post with great authority, and it gave me pause. How could life be a feeling, I wondered, isn’t life…

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]]> In (and out of) Service https://www.emmpress.com/in-and-out-of-service/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-and-out-of-service Sat, 01 Nov 2025 06:23:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14624 [Originally published as newsletter on 11/11/2025] My Dad is a Veteran. He served our country in a regimented way to protect democracy. Practically, he was doing tasks inside…

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]]> Annnd today, there’s peace-ish in the Middle East https://www.emmpress.com/annnd-today-theres-peace-ish-in-the-middle-east/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=annnd-today-theres-peace-ish-in-the-middle-east Tue, 14 Oct 2025 10:04:35 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14211 [originally published in newsletter on 10/14/2025] My friend is dying and everyone except a rogue lung doctor is doing their job. Well, actually maybe he’s did a different…

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]]> What’s your story? Mythic or Mundane? https://www.emmpress.com/whats-your-story-mythic-or-mundane/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-your-story-mythic-or-mundane Tue, 30 Sep 2025 06:56:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14154 [originally published as newsletter on 9/30/2025]There’s a good deal of talk in self-development circles about the stories we tell ourselves. That we have the choice to tell ourselves…

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]]> Culling, destruction, and birth by menopause https://www.emmpress.com/culling-destruction-and-giving-birth-through-menopause/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=culling-destruction-and-giving-birth-through-menopause Sun, 21 Sep 2025 16:51:33 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=14036 I am experiencing menopause. And also a deep gleaning of my business ventures, clients, relationships, subscriptions, and some obligations too. And, I think these processes go together: bodily…

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]]> “Yeah, No” and knowing what you’ve really got https://www.emmpress.com/yeah-no-and-knowing-what-youve-really-got/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=yeah-no-and-knowing-what-youve-really-got Wed, 03 Sep 2025 15:23:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13994 Originally published by Newsletter 9/3/2025 Hello Reader, I keep thinking I’m supposed to write relatable material here, and then, I think, I’m probably not relatable and maybe it’s…

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]]> Waitress TV https://www.emmpress.com/waitress-tv/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=waitress-tv Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:10:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13842 [Originally published in newsletter 8/26/2025] “All the world’s a stage” they say, but I’d venture all the world may actually be a restaurant. Here’s a short story made…

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]]> Believing, Knowing and a Timeless Smile https://www.emmpress.com/believing-knowing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=believing-knowing Sat, 12 Jul 2025 10:56:03 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13449 The power of acknowledgement & questions for deep, time-released understanding. Sitting outside at a small red cafe table on Laguardia Place in New York City, Jim Smith looked…

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]]> Flow in the trenches https://www.emmpress.com/in-the-trenches/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=in-the-trenches Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:41:02 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13175 I used to work at a restaurant run by, as the owner put it, “a team of leaders.” I never knew what she meant until the rains came.…

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]]> Feedback is free https://www.emmpress.com/feedback-is-free/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=feedback-is-free Wed, 18 Jun 2025 09:40:07 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=13063 On a lovely 15 mile (!) hike with a good friend yesterday I learned about feedback. Specifically, that some folks seek it and some don’t. I do. I…

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]]> Lady of a non-specific location https://www.emmpress.com/lady-of-a-non-specific-location/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=lady-of-a-non-specific-location Mon, 09 Jun 2025 11:45:38 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=12846 Our most aligned vantage point exists in our own inner space. But if you also see yourself in part through others’ eyes things can get complicated. I think…

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]]> Service Breakdown https://www.emmpress.com/service-breakdown/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=service-breakdown Fri, 06 Jun 2025 23:30:34 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=12872 Here’s a little “waitress confidential” for you. Yes, that kind of service. I’ve always felt that restaurants raise the finest in service-minded, quick-thinking individuals  in an environment not…

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]]> The book in me https://www.emmpress.com/the-book-in-me/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-book-in-me Wed, 28 May 2025 18:40:00 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=12791 I think we all have a book in us. One that includes deep themes and our ancestral family mind. Includes thoughts we can access via time to intermingle…

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]]> Relatable-ish: Mourning & Anticipation https://www.emmpress.com/relatable-ish-mourning-anticipation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=relatable-ish-mourning-anticipation Thu, 22 May 2025 13:21:14 +0000 https://www.emmpress.com/?p=12612 I’ve been struggling to relate to the folks in my daily life, because I’ve stopped trying to “fit” into a role that I thought was easily understood in…

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