Curanderismo

I've been researching the practice of curanderismo for a few years now. My interest in it has existed for the entirety of my life. My grandma and dad both practiced it for small children, but never on a larger scale to my knowledge. Living in the Northwest means there aren't always large populations reinforcing and reinvigorating cultural practices as times change and families grow, so this practice is not really being passed on in my family. I'm happy to hear that it is still alive and well in other parts of the US. 

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Be Your Badass Self

I recently finished Felicia Day's audiobook You're Never Weird on the Internet (Almost) and enjoyed the heck out of it. She's a wonderful narrator and has a story that inspires me to just keep doing my thing even if I have big dreams that most people think are a little unrealistic and am a little neurotic at times.

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