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Christy Alfaro
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Let's Play Catch Up
TW: Self-Harm, Addiction Hi friends - it's been a while. It's been over 6 months since we last chatted and there’s been some changes in...
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Christy Alfaro
Jun 9, 20215 min read
The Argument Not To Niche Ourselves
I fully believe we shouldn’t pigeonhole ourselves in to doing or being one thing. I'm not a real big fan of boxes.
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Christy Alfaro
Apr 21, 20214 min read
Honoring My Past Trauma as An Adult
I feel like my depression was something I talked a lot about when I was younger. Especially in my late teens and early 20s, back when I...
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Christy Alfaro
Apr 8, 202111 min read
Trying To Love Yourself When You Hate Your Body
A peek in to my head and my journal, also can we just acknowledge that journals are diaries and we just say journals to sound more mature?
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Christy Alfaro
Mar 10, 20215 min read
The Dangers of Toxic Positivity on Social Media
Toxic Positivity (n): The overgeneralization of a happy, optimistic state that results in the denial, minimization and invalidation of...
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Christy Alfaro
Feb 10, 20217 min read
I'm Sorry Britney Spears, Tackling My Internalized Misogyny
I watched Eliza McLamb's Tik Tok last week and her words spoke to me so deeply that I saved it and have been revisiting it everyday,...
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Christy Alfaro
Feb 3, 20214 min read
Let's Stop Using the Term "Guilty Pleasure"
This is my call to action: Let's stop calling things a guilty pleasure! Let's express our joy without restraints!
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Christy Alfaro
Jan 27, 20215 min read
Almost An Addict - Navigating Life When Addiction Runs In Your Family
**Trigger Warning: Addiction, Rape** It's interesting growing up knowing that there are a lot of health things that you have to worry...
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Christy Alfaro
Jan 13, 20217 min read
How To Handle Ghosts Coming Back Into Your Life
This week I want to talk about ghosts. And I don’t mean the guy you talked to for a month on bumble and then never heard from again. I’m...
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Christy Alfaro
Jan 6, 20215 min read
Fighting the January Blues
I've been starting at this screen for the last couple hours, on the screen next to me is CNN showing live footage of a coup attempt. When...
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