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Missing Boring Elections

Our daughter in high school is taking a class on American Government right now (which is pretty exciting during a presidential election.) She has become interested in watching old clips of debates from previous elections. (Think Reagan/Carter or Bush/Clinton eras…)…

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Life Beyond Your Phone

When Penn and I were on The Amazing Race, they took away our phones, tablets, laptops… anything we could use to access the outside world or the internet. If we had a question, we couldn’t Google it to get the…

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Things That Mean More To Me At 50

This past month, I turned 50 years old. It’s a number that I feel like I am at times, and at others, I definitely do not. There’s a lot of things that I don’t really care about as much as…

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Panic Attacks, Hurricanes, & An Amazing College Kid

The last two weeks have been a lot in the Holderness house. First, Hurricane Helene devastated the western part of North Carolina, where some of Penn’s family still lives. So many people lost their lives and whole towns were wiped…

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Building Male Friendships

Penn and I fall into gender stereotypes when it comes to friendships. I get deep quickly with fewer friends, and Penn has more surface-level friendships with a lot of people. There are so many examples of deep, vulnerable female relationships…

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Being Black & Having ADHD

When we wrote our book, ADHD Is Awesome, one of the areas we wanted to cover more was the underdiagnosis of ADHD amongst women as well as minority populations. We quickly realized the complexities of both would probably merit their…

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How To Help Western North Carolina

  As a proud North Carolinian, my heart is breaking for the beautiful western part of our state devastated by Hurricane Helene. So many of our mountain communities have been ravaged and our neighbors are in desperate need of help. …

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You Know You’re Middle Aged When…

I started calling Penn and myself “middle-aged” around the time we were 38. Admittedly, that was a little early, but I feel like I have been middle-aged for most of my life. (Turns out middle-aged is defined as being between…

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A Beginner’s Guide to Spotting AI

I like to think of myself as internet savvy with high media literacy.  Still, last week while scrolling Instagram I spotted the most adorable photo of a baby seal eating something out of a person’s hand. I flipped my phone…

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Talking To Kids About Politics

Over the last couple of years, the political climate has become … contentious. It’s caused families to shy away from discussing politics and government with their children. Despite that, studies show teens still think it’s important to follow current events,…

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