On feeling guilty for not being able to do the impossible: On one hand it seems like we did all we...
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by External Article | Dec 7, 2023 | Caring for a Client, Death & Dying, For Professional Caregivers | 0 Comments
On feeling guilty for not being able to do the impossible: On one hand it seems like we did all we...
Back in 2006, I was working 80 hours a week in two jobs, and taking home about $60,000 a year. But...
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As a person with the mental illness disability of schizoaffective disorder, I am quite familiar...
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I’ve grown to resent the systemic inequities that have forced so many Filipina women to leave our...