Valerie Shively

mom, writer, yoga teacher

Often found dancing to Queen with her family, following a stray cat or looking through someone's trash.

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Community//August 6, 2018

Grief: The Monkey in the Room

Community//August 6, 2018

Grief: The Monkey in the Room

Community//August 6, 2018

Grief: The Monkey in the Room

Community//August 3, 2018

Grief: The Monkey in the Room

Community//August 3, 2018

The Divine Secrets of Experienced Motherhood

Community//August 3, 2018

Grief: The Monkey in the Room

Community//August 2, 2018

An Okayness

Community//March 9, 2018

Truths About Marriage

Community//October 16, 2017

Death, Halloween and the Candy Issue

Community//July 31, 2017

Bird of Paradise and Other Things That Hurt

“People look for retreats for themselves, in the country, by the coast, or in the hills . . . There is nowhere that a person can find a more peaceful and trouble-free retreat than in his own mind. . . . So constantly give yourself this retreat, and renew yourself.”

- MARCUS AURELIUS

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