Ink-Stained Compass

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Caitlin Gemmell lives in a woodland in the Northeastern USA where she communes with chipmunks, snowbirds and bunnies and tries not to kill her lavender that finally bloomed. Her poems have been widely published, most recently in Green Ink Poetry, Blue Heron Review, Dualis and The Otherworld Magazine. You can… | Hi! I’m Lara Heacock (she/hers), and I believe, so strongly, in being kind to yourself. My Kind Over Matter story began after decades of trying to check all the “right” boxes… I got the degree (in Psychology) and then an MBA. I got a house and a husband, and I poured my heart and soul into a very successful 14 year career as a professional recruiter and leader. I was the strong one holding everyone else up, determined to maintain the image that I had everything perfectly under control, and could do it all! I was the good one, the reliable one, the one who had it all together, but I felt tired & stuck. There was nothing left for me. Eventually, I was exhausted. I couldn’t fall as

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