Guest Posts, On Being Human
October 27, 2017
Wait, it’s over? Already? Or: F*ck Scarcity
By Jen Pastiloff I’m on the plane. I have Game of Thrones on in front of me, paused on…
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Guest PostsPersister.
Hi, it’s Jen Pastiloff here. I never blog on the site anymore but here I am in New York,…
October 19, 2017Share this:
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Guest Posts, Manifestation Retreats, travelTurn on The Light, Mother F*%cker. Post Italy Blog.
By Jen Pastiloff I don’t blog often here on the site anymore but I wanted to share about my…
July 2, 2017Share this:
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Guest Posts, healing, Manifestation Retreats, Retreats/WorkshopsThe Aleksander Scholarship Fund.
The answer to why some of us have to experience such pain in this life is a non-answer. There is no answer or platitude. Everything doesn’t happen for a reason. Donate if you feel inspired to.
October 17, 2016Share this:
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Birthday, Girl Power: You Are Enough, Guest Posts, Jen Pastiloff, Jen's MusingsGetting Older is Everything. Don’t Believe The Lies. A Message To Young Women on Jen Pastiloff’s Bday.
I was terrified of getting older. In my 20’s I lied and said I was younger. When I was 28, I said I was 25.
I thought once I turned 30 I would be useless. Read that again: useless.
December 12, 2015Share this:
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Eating Disorders/Healing, feminism, Guest PostsYou Really Should Be Skinnier
Don’t comment on my body or my face or if I am smiling. Don’t ask me if I am pregnant unless you see me giving birth or you know for sure. Don’t offer unsolicited advice about how I can be more beautiful or perfect or womanly or successful. Unless I ask you, zip it, Dude. Zip it.
August 18, 2015Share this:
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Girl Power: You Are Enough, Guest Posts, Jen Pastiloff, Jen's MusingsYou’re Enough. Don’t Be An Asshole & Go Forgetting That.
By Jen Pastiloff As you know if you follow me on social media or come to my workshops etc,…
August 16, 2015Share this:
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Guest Posts, Jen Pastiloff, Jen's MusingsLying to Ourselves.
I think we lie to ourselves to survive.
June 11, 2015Share this:
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depression, Guest Posts, Truth, Video, VulnerabilityThe Truth About Depression. No Bullshit.
By Jen Pastiloff I just got back from leading a beautiful retreat for Mother’s Day. I feel hung…
May 11, 2015Share this:
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Delight, Guest Posts, I Have Done Love, InspirationWhat Happens When Justin Timberlake & 25,000 Fans Sing Happy Birthday To a Boy With Autism?
Hey there! Jen Pastiloff here, I’m the founder of The Manifest-Station. Marika, the author of this piece, won a spot at…
August 14, 2014Share this:
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courage, death, depressionDepression is a Duplicitous Asshole.
by Angela Giles Patel Everyone battles something. Some of these battles are episodic and some rage over the course…
August 11, 2014Share this:
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Advice, Guest Posts, No Bullshit MotherhoodSome Thoughts on Parenting
Hug your kids. Often. For no reason at all. Sometimes they just need it and will never turn you down. In fact, hug anyone you love whenever you have a chance. Life is short.
October 18, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, No Bullshit MotherhoodReflections on Breastfeeding in Airplanes
I actually kept breastfeeding my baby this long SPECIFICALLY so she would nurse during THIS exact flight and not cry about her ears hurting, and then as an added bonus, she would fall asleep.
October 16, 2019Share this:
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Family, Guest PostsFamily Table
After he died, it felt ridiculous to sit and eat an elaborate dinner at our big empty dining room table, like we were performing in a play that no one was watching.
October 13, 2019Share this:
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Beauty Hunting, Guest PostsThe Stream
These days, when we walk to the stream, he talks to himself, repeats his favorite punch lines, does not care if I get the jokes or not.
October 11, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, Young VoicesAmanda
I changed his name in my phone to Amanda, as in, “A man, duh.” I loved that he was a man.
October 8, 2019Share this:
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Anxiety, Guest PostsMy Brain’s Airplane Busy Kit
The pilot’s voice assured us of a smooth ride, but the turbulence seemed to surprise even him. “Looks like we hit a rough patch, folks,” his jaunty voice said. Even the pilot didn’t know this would happen, my brain argued. They had no control, it insisted.
October 6, 2019Share this:
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Grief, Guest Posts, motherhoodWhat Grief May Come
It could be hours, days or even weeks, and in my dreams I always forget. It’s my fault, and I didn’t do enough.
October 4, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, No Bullshit MotherhoodWhy I’ve Stopped Reading Parenting Magazines
The pictures and the stories in the magazines and on carefully curated social media accounts are supposed to inspire us mamas.
October 2, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, Mental Health, SurvivingGrab Life by It’s Horns and Don’t Let Go
Of course like most marriages we had financial troubles but it wasn’t until Labor Day weekend in 2017 my world came crashing down around me.
September 30, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, MarriageFinding Forgiveness in the Cheating
He placed his hand on my thigh. His touch was subtle, loving, foreboding. I gazed into my glass, lamenting its emptiness. His eyes penetrated my cheek and he said: “I slept with a twenty-six-year-old girl in Vegas.”
September 27, 2019Share this:
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Current Events, Guest PostsSerendipitous Endurance At the End of the Anthropocene
Here we are again, I thought to myself as Notre Dame’s iconic spire crumpled into ash like a spent stick of incense, glowing orange at its dying core. Another casualty in the anthropocene.
September 24, 2019Share this:
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depression, Guest Posts, No Bullshit MotherhoodThe Intruder
Being a parent is sometimes harder than we like to admit, and being a new parent is extra difficult in that there is no established norm for daily activities. It is all a learning process.
September 22, 2019Share this:
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Friendship, Guest Posts, motherhood, No Bullshit MotherhoodWhat We Remember: Epistolaries To Our Daughters
I no longer remember the details. I just remember walking through the house surveying the damage and marveling how much could unravel in one month’s time.
September 15, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, Writing & The BodyLife Cycles
The last two times I went off birth control, we made a baby in a matter of minutes, but this time I’m becoming fertile again for no reason other than my nostalgia for natural rhythms.
September 9, 2019Share this:
