Lauren Ihrke
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Blossoming Words: How Plants Transformed My Writing
Earlier this week, I came across this Tumblr post by headspace-hotel, talking about how learning about plants has fundamentally changed how they look at the nature around them daily. I’ve been ruminating on my own similar journey, especially how it’s… Continue reading
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How Do You Communicate Relevant Non-Professional Experience?
I’m going to give the ways that I’ve dealt with this issue, but the question is somewhat genuine. I always struggle with describing my experience (or, really, my working knowledge) when it comes to the creative and technical side of… Continue reading
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That Dream Where Your Goal Just Keep Moving Further Away
I had started writing a different blog post for this week about why (in my semi-academic opinion) women are “so into witchy shit” these days. Still, unsurprisingly I had so much to say on the subject that it started to… Continue reading
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From Fantasy to Dystopia: My Journey to Finding Stories That Matter
When I was a kid, I was fascinated by books that took place in ancient places. The hyperlexic kid that I was, I devoured fantasy stories and stories with old haunted castles. Anything I could get my hands on that… Continue reading
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How Diagnosis Can Make A Difference
Where It Started Taking a break from talking about writing this week to talk about something I’ve been pondering a lot lately. Social anxiety is something that has been with me my entire life. I don’t remember a time when… Continue reading




