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As A Scientist, I Didn’t Believe In Psychic Powers. Then I Experienced Something That Changed My Life.

I wasn’t open to experiences and possibilities outside the realm of what was considered “normal,” but that was all about to change.
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I Spent Weeks Near Death In The ICU. Asking My Doctors To Do This 1 Thing May Have Saved My Life.

"While the experience was a roller coaster, I did find my voice in that hospital bed."
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This Woman's Controversial Obituary For Her Mom Caused Outrage — But We Need More Like It

"As American novelist Anne Lamott famously said, 'If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should have behaved better.'"
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I Got A DM About The Man I Was Dating. It Changed My Life In Ways I Never Imagined.

“The sob that burst out of me folded me over my knees."
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My Husband And I Opened Our Marriage — But I Never Expected To Find A Connection Like This

"My husband thought I was being ridiculous, and then he said it: 'You’re too hung up on the age difference.'”
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I Didn't Know If I Believed In The Afterlife. Then My Dead Father Sent Me A Message.

"Did your dad pass recently, Noah?” the medium asked. “I think this is him and he has a message. Do you want to hear it?”
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I Could Have Gone To Prison For What I Did To Find My Birth Parents

"The vast majority of the now 5 million adoptees in the United States have no right to our original birth certificates, our medical histories or to any information regarding our identities."
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I Lost My Baby. Then I Discovered What My Ex And His New Wife Planned To Name Their Son.

“You are naming him Gabriel?!” I demanded, practically shrieking. “Yes,” he said nonchalantly. “We like it. Why?”
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Hundreds Of Journalists Just Lost Their Jobs. I’m One Of Them — And I’m Begging You To Pay Attention.

“This isn’t just about me or the others who now find themselves out of work. This is much bigger than any of us.”
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My Parents Both Killed Themselves — On The Same Day. I Haven't Been The Same Since.

"Although my guilt will never completely subside, it has diminished over the past 29 years."
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