Emelia is interviewed on how to feel the fear of following your dreams and do it anyway as well as how you get over not being confident and do what you are meant to do. Pot, pills and facebook won't work.

Be yourself.
Even if yourself is a real know-it-all critical asshole sometimes. Really be that ass. Deeply love that ass. There are lots of other asses out there that will be relieved to hear they are not alone and you may even find yourself more popular than normal.
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“Stop trying to fix the planet for our children. What about fixing our children for the planet?” - Anonymous Facebook quote
The first thing I will say is I do not have kids. So, if you have kids and you read this - you may hate me a bit and I’m sorry in advance. The second thing is that I am three months pregnant so I am noticing how people parent a lot right now.
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My friend called me today. He said “I was creeping your facebook page and I saw on there that you are still friends with you-know-who. Why the hell is that?”
“Because” I say casually, (a dark cloud of defensiveness and shadow rolls over me) “I blocked him, so I don’t get his updates but its kinda’ dramatic to kill him off completely so, I’m just casual about it I guess.”
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I am at a yoga festival with 1000’s of yogis from across the US of A. We are all gathered here to practice, to play, to work hard together and I find myself sitting all by myself feeling like shit.
Read More...When I was 22 I said, “I’ll have a baby when I am 23.” When I was 23 I thought, oooo there are just a few more things I would like to do before I have a baby, I’ll have a baby when I’m 24. When I was 24… and on it went. 10 years later I am practiced at many varied and highly creative methods of birth control. It’s amazing to me that I can find eight different types of gluten free crackers but I still can’t find adequate birth control. Here are a few things I have tried:
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*This essay is written from the point of view of a hetero 33-year-old white Canadian woman.
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