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Some conversations are hard. Some conversations never happen. Some conversations should happen. Some conversations need to happen. Some conversations change you. Some conversations change your course forever. Ten conversations that have mattered and made a difference in my life:  1. The time my boyfriend asked me to marry him and […]

Dare to Have That Conversation

 in 2016 December coversation / Uncategorized  tagged #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraserauthor / conversation / kinwomen / no regrets / spirituality / women by
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When you’re out at night and you need to walk back to your car alone it can be scary. I’ve often walked with my car key jammed between my fingers ready to hit someone if they jumped out at me. The sound of footsteps behind you can freak you out, […]

Walking Each Other Home

 in Nov 2016: contribution  tagged #authenticity / #conversationsthatmatter / #elainefraserauthor / #walkingeachotherhome / brenébrown / contribution / friends / friendship / help / kinwomen by
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We all have shame. We all have secrets. We all have stories. Sometimes those stories remain secrets our whole lives and shame eats away at us. In the lead up to the release of my book, Amazing Grace I asked some friends to share a ‘confession’. Something secret. I noticed […]

Write a New Chapter

 in Oct 2016: Story  tagged #confession / #elainefraserauthor / #newchapters / #regret / #secrets / #shame / #story / #typicallyhazardous / #writeyourlifestory / kinwomen / spirituality / women by
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When was the last time you had a rib-scraping laugh? A rib-scraping laugh overtakes your body, your mind, and your soul. A rib-scraping laugh ends in tears that leak down your face and stress seeps out of you. A rib-scraping laugh sees you roll on the floor, clutch your sides […]

When Laughter Keeps You From Falling Apart

 in Sept 2016: Laughter  tagged #elainefraserauthor / #fallingapart / #steverizzo / #tonimorrison / family / kinwomen / laughter / rib-scrapinglaugh by
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This time last year I said yes to curiosity and allowed it to take me where I needed to go. I’ve spent a lot of time interrogating myself, and curiosity has taken me to places in my soul I never expected. Curiosity tends to do that. Alice went down the rabbit […]

I Was a Different Person Then

 in 2016 Curiosity  tagged #aliceinwonderland / #curiosity / #elainefraserauthor / #elizabethgilbert / #iwasadifferentpersonthen / #lewiscarroll / #robbell / brenébrown / kinwomen / spirituality / women by
I went to a fantastic creative workshop with twelve women the other day. In the first fifteen minutes, we ordered coffee and began introducing ourselves. They were all amazing women who impressed me with their creativity, talent and presence. In that first fifteen minutes, six women said sorry. ‘Sorry, I’m […]

Sorry, Not Sorry

 in 2016: excuses  tagged #98.5 / #elainefraserauthor / #excuses / #glennondoylemelton / #sorrynotsorry / #unapologetic / kinwomen / women by