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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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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Abuse, Guest Posts, Letting Go, Mental HealthYellow
My teeth were yellow after a friend committed suicide and I started smoking a pack a day for almost two months. I quit shortly afterward.
November 10, 2019Share this:
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beauty, Guest Posts, loveThe Pleasure Is Mine
…a pleasure so good and liberating I often had to remind myself that it wasn’t wrong. It was just pleasure. Personal. Satisfying. Essential.
November 8, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, No Bullshit Motherhood, Self LoveWho Are You Now?
I return to the couch and pull up the blanket. I see a pattern outside, as if snow is choreographed as it falls from the sky. Each snowflake is part of a dance, like a ballerina who dances for the sake of dancing.
November 6, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, motherhood, No Bullshit MotherhoodDon’t Tell Me How to Parent
My daughter is at the forefront of my thinking in EVERY single thing that I do, whether she is in my physical presence or not.
November 4, 2019Share this:
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Guest Posts, No Bullshit MotherhoodQuality Versus Quantity
When a student or new friend asks me about my other sons’ whereabouts, I say they are in college which is only half true.
October 27, 2019Share this:
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chronic pain, Guest Posts, HopeThe Shame of Pain
Hope is complicated. After all of these tries, this list of 46 different treatments and therapies, I no longer have hope that things will get better. I have hope that things will not get worse, which is not the same thing. I have a hope that feels a lot more like mercy than it does like faith.
October 24, 2019Share this:
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Divorce, Family, Guest Posts, motherhoodCoda
I’ve had friends tell me about phone flirtations because they know I won’t judge. I have a hard time telling them to walk away.
October 20, 2019Share 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:
