What Johnny Depp Must Prove in Order to Prevail (and Why It’s an Uphill Battle)

By Rachel Puryear If you’ve been on social media at all in the recent weeks, you’ve no doubt heard about the bizarre and even sordid (poop in the bed!) accusations flying between mega-star Johnny Depp, and his ex-wife Amber Heard. If popular commentary is any indication, though, most people – regardless of who they’re rooting…

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Parks of Portland, Oregon

By Rachel Puryear If you love nature and the outdoors, but also enjoy city life; Portland, Oregon is an exciting place to visit. With hundreds of parks and green spaces within the city and its surrounding areas, it offers beautiful natural scenery within a thriving urban scene. Portland has plenty to offer, and a visit…

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Three Types of Financial Abuse

By Rachel Puryear Previous posts on this blog have discussed financial abuse. This is an important, and under-discussed subject which can have strong ramifications for people’s lives, and their personal autonomy. As a legal mediator, and relationship and financial life coach of many years; I have observed that financial abuse – as well as financial…

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Romantic Beach Towns Along Oregon’s Southern Coastline

By Rachel Puryear If you’re driving through Oregon and you have time to take the scenic route, you’d be in for quite a treat to explore Oregon’s wonderful coastal towns. Here are a few we visited: Brookings, Gold Beach, and Coos Bay. To explore Oregon’s coast, you’ll want to travel along Highway 101. Highway 101…

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Quitting is Underrated

By Rachel Puryear For most of us, all our lives, we’re told: don’t quit. Quitting is for losers. Never give up. Never surrender. Always persevere. Always keep going. Such advice usually comes from a well-meaning place. And certainly, most things worth achieving in life will only come following a lot of hard work, resilience, sacrifice,…

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Starting a Blog? Go For it, Early Focus is Overrated

By Rachel Puryear Many would-be bloggers out there carry around great ideas with them in their heads, but haven’t yet put them into writing to share with the rest of the world. It’s not that they don’t want to take the plunge and start, but maybe they don’t know where to begin, so it seems…

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Napa River & Bay Trail in Napa County

By Rachel Puryear You may never have heard of the Napa County town of American Canyon. Incorporated relatively recently in the 1990s, it’s a small Napa suburb that sits wedged between Vallejo, CA and Napa CA in the northeastern Bay Area. For many residents, it’s just the right blend of close proximity to the more…

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Why It’s Much Easier to Build Wealth When You Already Have Some, Explained by Cows

By Rachel Puryear If you have any interest in economics, you have probably heard of the “two cows” analogies used to illustrate the various economic and corporate systems of the world. These popular analogies are helpful to give a basic – as well as satirical – introduction to how different economic systems work. Here are…

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#Antiwork Isn’t New – Exploring its 19th Century Roots

By Rachel Puryear You may have noticed a popular subreddit trending lately, #antiwork. It seems fairly self-explanatory – their motto is “Unemployment for all, not just the rich!” It should be noted, however, that many #antiwork subredditors do actually work (out of necessity, at the very least). However, they do call for better pay, better…

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Bringing Your Cats to the Great Outdoors – Catio Ideas (Part 2)

By Rachel Puryear In a recent post, I discussed preparing your kitties to start going on road trips with you. This post is a continuation of the subject of bringing cats with you while traveling to the great outdoors, and RV camping. This post will focus on getting your RV/camper set up to be safe…

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