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First Rodeo

Azora Zoe Paknad, Lee Tilghman
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I once built a startup that burned out like a comet—that was my First Rodeo. \ud83d\udcab Now I write about getting back on the horse after you’ve been bucked off 100 times, healing, a happily crowded bookshelf, and building a life to love.

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  • Azora Zoe Paknad

    I once built a startup that burned out like a comet—that was my First Rodeo. \ud83d\udcab Now I write about getting back on the horse after you’ve been bucked off 100 times, healing, a happily crowded bookshelf, and building a life to love.

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    Early wellness blogger who taught you how to make your first smoothie bowl. Left influencing, wrote a book about it, now I write here.

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