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February 12, 2015

A #SoGladTheyToldMe Twitter Party and Social Media Blitz

Many of you may have followed Stephanie’s viral post, “I’m Glad They Warned Me,” and the resulting social media campaign that we announced a few weeks ago, #SoGladTheyToldMe. We were absolutely blown away by the support and feedback from readers, and we want to thank all of you so much for supporting the social media movement and […]


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February 10, 2015

Sharing Common Friends With an Ex-Friend

Today’s question for Nina is about dealing with a friendship breakup when the two parties have many friends in common.


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January 25, 2015

I’m So Glad They Told Me: Changing Conversations About Motherhood

I'm So Glad They Told Me is a campaign to spread a broader, more balanced vision of what motherhood is really like, and to support all mothers.


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Published on January 25, 2015 19:47

January 20, 2015

Turning An Acquaintance Into a Friend

Our advice columnist Nina Badzin shares tips for turning an acquaintance into a friend.


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Published on January 20, 2015 02:00

January 13, 2015

Introducing the HerStories Voices Column

We are pleased to introduce the HerStories Voices column, featuring twice monthly essays about moments of change. We will be paying for published essays!


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Published on January 13, 2015 02:00

January 9, 2015

Mothering Through the Darkness: A Call for Submissions and a Writing Contest

Stephanie and I began thinking about the topic for our next anthology as soon as we finished gathering submissions for My Other Ex. We had a lot of ideas, but nothing felt like a topic that we urgently wanted to tackle. That is, until one of our contributors, Alexandra Rosas, describing her experience with Postpartum […]


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Published on January 09, 2015 12:55

Buy the Book Today!

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Published on January 09, 2015 12:54

January 8, 2015

Get Published: A New Class and Writing Goals for the New Year

Our next online writing course will help you edit your personal essay and get published in the new year.


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Published on January 08, 2015 02:00

January 6, 2015

The More the Merrier Versus Quality Time

Many people will be able to relate to the particularly uncomfortable social dynamic she discusses in this week's HerTake column with Nina Badzin.


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Published on January 06, 2015 02:00

December 9, 2014

HerTake: Changing the Intensity of a Friendship

Nina will back on the Jordana Green on WCCO CBS radio tomorrow night (Wednesday, Dec 10th) at 10PM Central talking about some of the questions she answered this week as well as how to deal with difficult relationships over the holidays. Twin Cities listeners can tune in live on channel 830, but Nina will post the […]


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Published on December 09, 2014 02:00