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Culture

Sweatpants & Music | March 2020 | Songs to Get Along To

Music is powerful. This month's playlist is all about tolerance, acceptance, and compassion. It is election season, after all.

Julie Bond

Posted on March 9, 2020

Life, Self Care

The Gift of Fire: What the Anger Teaches

I smelled the fire before I knew what it was. I couldn’t see it or feel it, but the air smelled wrong. An acrid, smoky scent

Nanea Hoffman

Posted on September 9, 2019

Essays

Personal Essays | Finding Grace

Previously published on www.saturdaymorningcoffee.blog It was a typical Thursday morning, but the gloomy clouds and drizzling

Guest Author

Posted on August 21, 2018

Self Care

Sweatpants & Soul | For Here, Please | What Curiosity Really Kills

Back in the late 90’s when I worked at a Catholic university in the midwest, I attended a conference in New Orleans with

Jen Violi

Posted on May 14, 2017

Books, Mental

Sweatpants & Books | Mental Health Reading List

Living with a mental illness can feel isolating, hopefully, these books will remind those of you battling with these

Shandle Blaha

Posted on March 19, 2017

Essays

Personal Essay | Understanding is My Middle Name

On Middle Name Pride Day Emmie shares how she learned to embace her unique middle name.

Emmie Arnold

Posted on March 9, 2017

Self Care

Finish Each Day and Be Done With It

"In regards to the mistakes you’ve made and the negative thoughts you’ve labeled yourself and your life with, let them go."

Emmie Arnold

Posted on February 20, 2017

Culture

Sweatpants & Equality | How to Care for Ourselves & Others in Uncertain Political Times, Part 2

Editor’s Note: While we believe that this article has done an excellent job focusing on the proposed policies of the incoming

Sweatpants & Coffee

Posted on December 11, 2016

Culture

Sweatpants & Equality | How to Care for Ourselves & Others in Uncertain Political Times, Part 1

After a bitterly divisive election, some are scared. Some don’t know why and want to know more. Here’s how we can care for

Guest Author

Posted on December 7, 2016