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I turned 35 this month. Bro, I’m not going to lie. I didn’t actually expect to live this long — and not for nothing, the odds were against me doing so. Statistically speaking, trafficking survivors ...

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The most behind I’ve ever felt was hitting send on the proposal—the long pitch—for my second book in an airport, weeping so hard my mask was wet. I’d booked a last-minute, one-way ticket home when it ...

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When I was growing up in the 1990s, getting married wasn’t an “if” in the Midwest, but a “when”—and “divorce” was practically a curse word. Despite the statistics even then, I felt wildly entitled to ...

It was easy getting dressed that morning, knowing that at my destination, I’d spend most of my time naked. From the parking lot, Olympic Spa — the prominent, women-only Korean spa in Los Angeles — ...

Late in 2019, I was laid off from a full-time job I’d started just 10 weeks earlier. Even with a few weeks’ severance to get into the new year, the layoff was psychologically devastating. I’d been ...

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