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Smile-Stealing Small Talk With a Little Boy

The kind of talk parents want to remember over the years. — A list in progress, from the newest to the oldest. I ruined Christmas for my child. Or not…? 🎅 On a torrid August night, we’re listening to a Christmas bedtime story. As we toss between the melting sheets, Matthew’s voice pierces through: 🧑‍ -Is it true that parents put presents under the tree? Is there no Santa? 🎄 -What…

Parenting

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Smile-Stealing Small Talk With a Little Boy
Smile-Stealing Small Talk With a Little Boy
Parenting

10 min read


Sep 5

How To Get Your Child To Stop Playing and Come to Bed

A conversation guide — Hey, Parent! This conversation guide will make you deal with less resistance at bedtime. I wrote it to help you engage with your child’s world, validate their feelings, and gently guide them to bed using positive reinforcements. …

Parenting

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How To Get Your Child To Stop Playing and Come to Bed
How To Get Your Child To Stop Playing and Come to Bed
Parenting

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Baby Steps In Big Shoes

·Aug 14

👓A View on Parenting an Only Child

It's more about the 'how' than the 'how many' — Parenting an only child is like sailing a ship without a crew. You've got no sense of the wind, no deep understanding of the tides, no innate connection with the ocean's rhythms. And you're supposed to confidently take shots for your kiddo while they huff and puff like… a singleton.

Parenting

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👓A View on Parenting an Only Child
👓A View on Parenting an Only Child
Parenting

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Baby Steps In Big Shoes

·Aug 10

How To Cope With Parenting Guilt (Knowing It Will Never Really Go Away)

If you’re stuck together, at least put it in the back seat. — Parenting is like cooking without a recipe. You mix love, values, lessons, and experiences, cross your fingers and pop your tray into the world’s oven. 👶🏻

Parenting

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How To Cope With Parenting Guilt (Knowing It Will Never Really Go Away)
How To Cope With Parenting Guilt (Knowing It Will Never Really Go Away)
Parenting

9 min read


Jul 27

“All I really gotta do is live and die, but I’m in a hurry and don’t know why”

A song from 1992, so so actual even today. — This morning, I was in a hurry, running from a neverending list of to-dos. Scrolling Facebook while hoping that by the time I put down my phone, my tasks will miraculously evaporate, and I won’t have to deal with them anymore. Not really, just running from reality. When I saw…

Lifestyle

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“All I really gotta do is live and die, but I’m in a hurry and don’t know why”
“All I really gotta do is live and die, but I’m in a hurry and don’t know why”
Lifestyle

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May 10

Time Terrors and Candy Shop Capers

Embracing the absurdity of life’s Tick-Tock. — Let’s play a game where I tell you what to picture. You wake up in the dead of night, not a clue about the time. Ah, the blissful ignorance. You roll over and drift back to dreamland, completely unaware that the alarm is just 40 minutes away. …

Time

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Time Terrors and Candy Shop Capers
Time Terrors and Candy Shop Capers
Time

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May 3

“If I knew you and you knew me”

by Nixon Waterman

Poetry

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“If I knew you and you knew me”
“If I knew you and you knew me”
Poetry

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Mar 30

One Trick That Makes Personal Brands Lovable

One of the coolest I learned from Laura Belgray — For years, THE DREAM used to be: make money online. But as the online got crowded, THE DREAM turned into: make money online by being yourself. By being yourself… It sounds like fantasy, doesn’t it? Until I discovered Laura F****** Belgray, I thought it was impossible. Yet this woman has…

Ideas

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One Trick That Makes Personal Brands Lovable
One Trick That Makes Personal Brands Lovable
Ideas

4 min read


Mar 19

Clients Want Human Quality Content for AI Prices

Nobody wants just the AI work. — Potential client, 30 minutes into our initial discovery call: How do you feel about doing this work with ChatGPT? Baffled me: Uhm, I can try if this is what you want. OK, but how do you feel about ChatGPT, in general? I feel it’s a tool that could give me…

Artificial Intelligence

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Clients Want Human Quality Content for AI Prices
Clients Want Human Quality Content for AI Prices
Artificial Intelligence

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Mar 17

Use This Welcome Email Formula To Turn Subscribers Into Paying Customers

Don’t lose them at “Hello”. — The other day, some guy was chirping on Twitter that if you’ve ever been on a date, you can do email marketing. He was like — Hey, your email content is an introduction. And the CTA is asking them out. And if they accept, you have a purchase. I couldn’t…

Email Marketing

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Use This Welcome Email Formula To Turn Subscribers Into Paying Customers
Use This Welcome Email Formula To Turn Subscribers Into Paying Customers
Email Marketing

10 min read

Adelina Vasile

Adelina Vasile

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Mother, educator, journalist, copywriter. I write about the things I need to learn myself. Check my Substack here >> https://undressingcopy.substack.com/

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