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Holistic Journey Toward Wellness

Holistic Journey Toward Wellness

A collaboration by 21 exceptional writers, the perfect balance of positivity, hope, and optimism

2022

Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar, et al.

Monoreena Acharjee Majumdar, The Editors of Dancing Elephants Press, et al.

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3d ago

Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? I Didn’t!

How to laugh your way to enlightenment

Who Ordered This Truckload of Dung? I Didn’t!

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May 30

It Took a Hole in My Sock To Walk Away From a Toxic Friendship

Sometimes the kindest thing is to let go with grace

Two women sitting in a coffee shop chatting.

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May 24, 2024

Namaste Now! Submission Guidelines and Call For Writers

Your pub for inspiration, joyful anecdotes, self-awareness, and life lessons

Namaste Now! Submission Guidelines and Call For Writers

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Nov 26, 2021

Hi! I am Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles

Welcome to my profile

Woman in pink kurta wearing glasses, standing next to rose petals

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Oct 3, 2021

Let’s Connect!

A Cup of Peace — is my mother’s story — one of the hardest I have ever written.

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Jul 8

It Took Me Five Decades to Break Free From the All-or-Nothing Mindset

Perfection is a terrifying myth

A vibrant, colorful illustration featuring stylized floral and leaf patterns in shades of blue, orange, yellow, and red. The word “CHANGE” is written in large, white, capital letters in the center, with the Spanish word “cambio” overlaid in a red, flowing script.

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Paper Poetry

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Jul 4

The World Was Never in a Hurry

It was me all along

A watercolor rendition of a snail on a stone slab with flowers along the border

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Six Word Photo Story Challenge

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Jul 1

Summer: July-August 2026 Prompt

July-August Six Word Photo Story Challenge: “Summer”

Summer: July-August 2026 Prompt

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Jun 30

I Am Trying To Unlearn a Childhood Survival Tactic, and It Is Harder Than I Thought

Sometimes, we have to outgrow the rules we grew up with

Young woman wearing a loose checked shirt, pencil stuck in her hair, hammering a nail into a bedframe.

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Full Frame

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Jun 29

Life Is Twisted, Life Is Beautiful

Full Frame 52 Week Photography Project — June 2026

Life Is Twisted, Life Is Beautiful

Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles

Vidya Sury, Collecting Smiles

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Word nerd | Procaffeinator | I live life one epiphany at a time, play with dust bunnies, kick diabetes’s butt (take that, sugar!), empower underprivileged kids.

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