Valerie Wittman

Fluent storyteller, memoirist and lover of prose poetry

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If We Can Mend Ourselves, We Can Mend The World

If something is harming an individual, it ultimately affects the whole, similar to how the death of a single tree in the forest affects the entire canopy.

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15 Ways You’ve Unwittingly Become Your Own Worst Enemy

You insult yourself and pick apart your flaws.

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A Letter To My Younger Self On My 28th Birthday

There’s so much I need to tell you, but perhaps the biggest is that I’m sorry.

I Never Got To Tell My Best Friend How Much She Meant To Me

It’s easy to take life for granted, to take the people we love for granted.

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When You Feel Like You’re Drowning In Self-Doubt, Read This

Self-doubt can creep in like a thief in the night during even our most seemingly self-assured moments, testing both our willpower and our sanity.

Without Pain, There Is No Joy

In a world inundated by chaos and pain, faith and optimism can seem unsustainable.

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If You Feel Like Your Soul Is Misaligned, Read This

If you’re not happy, then change it.

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Only You Can Determine Your Worth

If you ever find yourself being shred to pieces by someone else’s judgments, don’t let it be the thing that breaks you.