FEMpotential

Health & Wellness 

Too Quiet: Overcoming Social Anxiety

April 14, 2017April 12, 2017 Samantha Hunt anxiety, emotional wellness, mental wellness, social anxiety, social experience

After mumbling my way through my 9th grade report on Romeo and Juliet, I braced myself for the critique that

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Interviews 

Zero Waste Living: An Interview with Andrea Sanders of Be Zero

April 10, 2017April 7, 2017 Corrina Horne Castro #inspirational, activism, empowering women, environment, environmental activism, recycle, reuse, waste, zero waste, zero waste living

Photo via BeZero.org A years’ worth of trash fitting in a mason jar. Taking reusables everywhere you go, and refusing

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Inspiration 

Searching For Home

April 7, 2017April 6, 2017 Laura Ferguson #inspiration, growth, home, moving, orphan, searching for home, self growth

I am, for all intents and purposes, an orphan. And in being an orphan, home has always been a heavy

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Inspiration 

Taking a Second to Slow Down

April 5, 2017April 3, 2017 Jordan Blaine #inspiration, bad habits, life skills, slowing down, spaz

For as long as I can remember I have been running into corners, knocking half full glasses over, and flailing

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Life Skills 

Why I Walked Away From a “Full-Ride” Scholarship (& Would Do It Again)

April 3, 2017March 28, 2017 Kate Sondergeld #future, #work, college, scholarship, school, university

I’ll explain why full-ride is in quotations soon, but first, let me start by saying, college is a unique experience

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Beauty 

Things Beauty Gurus Do That Make an Esthetician Cringe

March 28, 2017April 3, 2017 Kate Sondergeld #beauty, #health, esthetician, makeup, skincare

I was an esthetician, or a skin-care specialist, for a few years up until my epilepsy diagnosis. Having tremors and

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Career 

Does That Come in a Women’s Size?

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 Samantha Hunt #job, sexism, stereotypes, women in the workplace, women's clothes, work clothes, workplace

“You got girls workin’ out there with ya?”  This is a real quote, spoken to a real male coworker by

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Identity 

Free The Nipple: What It Is and Why It Matters

March 23, 2017May 11, 2017 Corrina Horne Castro #empowerment, feminism, feminist, free the nipple, sexism, women's bodies, womens rights

“Free the Nipple” was a campaign started in 2013, spearheaded by the filming process of the titular movie. A cause

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Interviews 

Interview with Director, Photographer and Activist Danielle da Silva

March 22, 2017March 22, 2017 Kathryn Vercillo activism, art, artist, creativity, interviewed, photographer, photography, sexual assault, social activism

Photo by Lola Mendez Danielle da Silva is a multi-lingual, multi-disciplinary artist and activist. Her art includes writing, photography, and

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Fashion Life Skills 

Why I Stopped Spending Money on Clothes

March 17, 2017March 16, 2017 Corrina Horne Castro clothes, fashion, finances, recycle, spending

To be fair, my title is a bit of a misnomer; I purchase clothing for my children, both of whom

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