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A Hummingbird Saved My Life

How animals can heal us from grief

8 min readJan 28, 2021

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Let’s talk about grief, baby.

Much like sex, grief is a dirty word. Though while we are all secretly interested in talking about sex, no one wants to discuss grief…

5 min readJan 8, 2021

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Let’s talk about grief, baby.

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Dead bodies aren’t gross

Why we should be moving away from a death-avoidant culture

7 min readJan 24, 2022

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Dead bodies aren’t gross

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Remember The Year Of Yes?

I am trying the year of no. Hear me out…

5 min readJan 10, 2022

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Remember The Year Of Yes?

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I Wasted Twenty Years, Please Don’t Be Me.

Right now, humans are statistically living longer than any other time in history. Largely because of this, we are under the assumption that…

6 min readJan 8, 2022

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I Wasted Twenty Years, Please Don’t Be Me.

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And the 2022 Word of the Year Is…

Foreshadow. If the past two years are any indication of things to come for 2022, I think “foreshadow” should be it. I mean, if Betty White…

6 min readJan 6, 2022

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And the 2022 Word of the Year Is…

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Don’t buy the shoes. They will wear you.

and other quotes that are annoyingly true.

6 min readDec 27, 2021

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Don’t buy the shoes. They will wear you.

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Christmas is a jolly nightmare.

I love the implied mood of Christmas. Christmas is a MOOD, you could say. The uplifting and joyous tone of the holiday, and all of the…

5 min readDec 15, 2021

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Christmas is a jolly nightmare.

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Tales Of A Mantis Visit

Finding peace in nature, and solace in animals

6 min readJun 23, 2021

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Tales Of A Mantis Visit

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I Walked Away From My Mother

Why I finally ended our toxic relationship

7 min readJun 6, 2021

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Amanda Kristen

Amanda Kristen

Stories about animals and normalizing death and grief. Occasional personal nugget. Desert living, coffee-addicted, dog-snuggler.

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