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    Mid-life thriver, pebble-finder, bon vivant. I write The Pebble in Your Shoe—turning irritations into insight (with humor). Retreat first dibs: https://forms.gle/FwMVip18MkS4vn6i8

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    I lost half my size—now I’m trying to figure out what to wear. Together let's discover how to express who we are through style. (I'm still figuring this out!) Previously: Health magazine diet editor, Time Inc cookbook editor.

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    Kacie Gikonyo, RN | Death Doula | Writer | Disruptor of Death Denial I’m a former nurse turned full-time death doula, educator, and founder of Death Doula School. Come for the real talk. Stay for the education, humor, stories, and truth bombs.

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