Observing Lent, single-lady style

Today is Ash Wednesday, also known as the start of Lent – a season known in the Western Christian tradition as the 40-day period of fasting, prayer and penitence before Easter – or in single-lady language, a month and a half to become a better you. Though Lent is traditionally a Christian holiday, in recent years, it has been recognized...

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Celebrate YOU this Valentine's Day

So it’s that time of year again. The dreaded holiday for single women everywhere. The day that we all have wished, at some point or another, would fall right off the calendar and stop reminding us of just how single we actually are. Valentine’s Day. Yes, February 14th sneaks upon us every year like a bad headache, with its stuffed...

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Minus a "plus one"? Make it a party of one

In every single girl’s life, she will, on occasion, find herself at a very important crossroads. She makes plans with a friend to go to dinner at the latest great restaurant in town and the friend backs out at the last minute. She wants to see the sappy chick flick that just hit theaters, most likely starring Ashton Kutcher (because hey, what...

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Single after 30: How to turn a cautionary tale into a fairytale

I was watching the news this morning and I paused on one of my favorite morning shows, Good Morning America, just long enough to hear Robin Roberts promo the next story, “The Sooner the Better,” with the tagline “New studies show that 90% of women’s eggs are gone by age 30.” Since I had to assume she wasn’t refer...

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She is...The Single Woman

  She might be the bravest woman I know. She walks the unaccompanied path. She has her own back. She asks for no favors. Not an ounce of independence does she lack. She has moments where she feels as though no one sees her. She feels them LOOK at her, but do they really SEE her? She gets catcalls when she walks down the street&hell...

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