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May 12

Cultivate Happiness by Flowing with the Seasons

You will pass through many seasons in your lifetime. Your happiness depends on how you manage them. When my children were young our family life revolved around their care, school work, and extracurricular activities. During that season of my life, my husband and I had busy careers, but our children…

Family Happiness

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Cultivate Happiness by Flowing with the Seasons
Cultivate Happiness by Flowing with the Seasons

Jun 18, 2021

How to Find Online Writer Support Groups

Writing is by its nature a lonely business. We spend our time organizing ideas and fighting back self-doubt, so getting feedback from others can be helpful. Unfortunately, friends and family are not good candidates for this. They mean well, but we need help from other writers who understand the creative…

Facebook

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How to Find Online Writer Support Groups
How to Find Online Writer Support Groups

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·May 22, 2020

Once Upon a Time You Died Before We Really Knew You

When we think of stories, we often flash back to the ones we read as children that began “Once upon a time…” Or we admire the movies we grew up on. …

Memoir

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Once Upon a Time You Died Before We Really Knew You
Once Upon a Time You Died Before We Really Knew You

Apr 7, 2020

100+ Ways to Find Relief, Comfort, and Meaning During the Pandemic

Did you thoughtfully list your 2020 New Year’s resolutions and set big goals at the end of 2019? If you’re someone who plans ahead, you paid your final deposit on that cruise to the Panama Canal, or set the date for your March birthday party, booked your flight to attend…

Covid 19

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100+ Ways to Find Relief, Comfort, and Meaning During the Pandemic
100+ Ways to Find Relief, Comfort, and Meaning During the Pandemic

Apr 7, 2020

One of the Most Ingenious Escapes from Slavery to Freedom

I celebrated 2020 Black History Month each day by looking for changemakers and trailblazers. DAY 7 William and Ellen Craft, owned by two different slave masters in Macon, Georgia, pulled off one of the most ingenious escapes from slavery to freedom. At age 16 William was sold to a local bank cashier and because he was a skilled cabinetmaker was allowed to keep working at the same shop where he had apprenticed. …

Blackhistorymatters

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One of the Most Ingenious Escapes from Slavery to Freedom
One of the Most Ingenious Escapes from Slavery to Freedom

Feb 3, 2020

Call Her Madam, the First Self-Made American Woman Millionaire

Madam C.J. Walker, born Sarah Breedlove in poverty-stricken Louisiana in 1867, went from picking cotton to become the first self-made American woman millionaire. But it was not a straight line. How she began “There is no royal flower-strewn path to success,” she once observed. “And if there is, I have not found it…

African American

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Call Her Madam, the First Self-Made American Woman Millionaire
Call Her Madam, the First Self-Made American Woman Millionaire

Jan 9, 2020

Your Life Story Can Take Many Shapes and Sizes

On the surface it seems writing your life story should be easy. After all, you’re the main character and all the experiences that make up your story are filed in your memory. And yet, most of us struggle with where and how to start. There are many reasons for that…

Writing

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Your Life Story Can Take Many Shapes and Sizes
Your Life Story Can Take Many Shapes and Sizes

Nov 12, 2019

Get Attention and Increase Sales by Piggybacking on Holidays, Observances and Relevant News Stories

You’re not one of those people who grumbles when retail stores roll out their displays many weeks before a holiday or observance, are you?

Marketing

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Get Attention and Increase Sales by Piggybacking on Holidays, Observances and Relevant News Stories
Get Attention and Increase Sales by Piggybacking on Holidays, Observances and Relevant News Stories

Aug 30, 2019

The Stories We Share Can Last for Generations to Come

One day when my oldest daughter was a toddler, she was reflecting on how much she loved her dad. “When I grow up, I’m going to marry Daddy.” “But he’s already married,” I quickly pointed out. Disappointed and shocked, she said, “To who?” “To me!” I blurted too quickly. “Oh!”…

Legacy

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The Stories We Share Can Last for Generations
The Stories We Share Can Last for Generations

Nov 1, 2018

Write Your Novel in 30 Days Starting November 1st, the NaNoWriMo Way

Every year as trick-or-treaters trail home on Halloween to tally their loot, writers around the world flex their fingers in readiness for National Novel Writing Month, better known as Nanowrimo, that begins on November 1st. This is the month when would-be novelists churn out thousands of words a day with…

Writing

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Flora M Brown, Ph.D.

Flora M Brown, Ph.D.

Author, life story facilitator, mom, and reformed coffee snob.

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