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Take a Spooky Walk With Me
Let's stroll through the cemetery together and read headstone engravings.
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Jen Zug
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Grief Will Find Its Way to the Light
Guest writer, Beth, lost her mom to cancer when she was a teenager, but it would be many years before she learned how to grieve.
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Beth Lisogorsky
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Today Is Indigenous Peoples Day!
A roundup of stories and resources from an Indigenous perspective.
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Jen Zug
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Did You Know I'm Writing a Book?
Why parenting is like making meat loaf.
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Jen Zug
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My Life Work
A reframing of what it means for me to feel disciplined.
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Jen Zug
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September 2024

My ADHD Evaluation, Diagnosis, and Treatment Plan So Far
A brain dump of (hopefully!) helpful information.
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Jen Zug
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Celebrating My Birthday AND My 'Stackiversary!
I turn 53 years old today, and my newsletter turns two!
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Jen Zug
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ADHD From College to (peri)Menopause
My sad backstory.
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Jen Zug
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Someone Once Called Me a Thought Leader and I Couldn't Hear Anything Else He Said After That
With my new ADHD diagnosis, I re-evaluated a patchwork career I previously thought was a failure.
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Jen Zug
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Kicking Off Season One of Pretend You’re Good At It: ADHD and Imposter Syndrome
A four-part series on how a midlife ADHD diagnosis helped me move on from decades of feeling like a career failure.
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Jen Zug
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August 2024

Good Morning From the Red Couch
Sharing a few thoughts on Prince Harry's memoir, Spare.
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Jen Zug
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Life Be Lifing (and work be working)
Plus: a garden update!
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Jen Zug
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