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THE IDENTITY ISSUE 2024

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The South Shore’s Premier Empowered-Woman Magazine.

No. 6 | The Connections Issue ‘23

AN ISRAELI STORY   \  HEALING YOGA  \  MENOPAUSE \  BELONGING \  LONELINESS  \  PERIOD POVERTY

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The Connections Issue 2023

Dassie Abelson

The Connections Issue 2023

As a child, I was not aware of the war in Europe or ongoing attacks in the area or how dangerous my surroundings were, because my parents and brothers were protecting me. I didn’t know any of that. The bomb shelter was my playground. I was a little girl playing in a bomb shelter with my friends and that was normal life at the time.

The Connections Issue 2023

Mellara Gold

It takes a lot of making bad decisions and learning from them, speaking poorly to someone, writing the wrong email, or saying no to something when you probably should have said yes. But when you don’t fully trust yourself you rely on advice from the outside of you, and it’s our inner self that truly knows which way to steer the ship.

The Connections Issue 2023

Nina Coslov

The Connections Issue 2023

A really cool thing ... about creating Women Living Better for others, it helped me know that my experience was normal. Even the words others shared on the site about their experiences, helped me better explain what I was experiencing.

The Connections Issue 2023

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No. 5 | The Advocacy Issue ‘23

AUTISM   \  RAGE  \  ACTIVISM |  LGBTQIA+ FOR THE 60+  \  SOULFUL EXPRESSIONS \  FUNCTIONAL MEDICINE  \  PSYCHOSIS \| SEXUAL DISCOVERY

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Cheryl Chan, autism, rage

Cheryl Chan

Cheryl Chan, autism, rage

Cheryl Ryan Chan is a change agent. A mom with a mission. A woman who crowd-sourced anger and used it as a tool for accountability. She figured, if the courts are going to fail to protect her son with intellectual disabilities from his abuser, then she’s going to have to just change the law. If you want something done right...

Cheryl Chan, autism, rage

Allyson Spellman, animal rights, jtv

Allyson Spellman

Allyson Spellman, animal rights, jtv

Allyson Spellman makes a career of emboldening women to use their strengths for good. The Advocacy Issue was a natural collaboration for this busy mom, actress, Telly Award winner, motivational speaker, philanthropist, JTV host, vegan, animal rights activist, and entrepreneur.

Allyson Spellman, animal rights, jtv

Angela Aslami, functional medicine, sexual health

Dr. Angela Aslami

Angela Aslami, functional medicine, sexual health

Dr. Angela Aslami has been practicing gynecology and obstetrics for more than 2 decades. We spoke with her twice this year to get the story of why she wants to “shout from the rooftops” about functional medicine. We met a strong woman who comes from a line of strong women. A self-taught feminist and activist from her days as a young student.

Angela Aslami, functional medicine, sexual health

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No. 4 | The Identity Issue ‘23

IN THIS ISSUE:  VEGANISM   \  TRANSGENDER  \  IMMIGRATION  \  AGEISM  \  BLACK STANDARDS OF BEAUTY  \  FEAR  \  IMPERFECTION

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vegan, animal rights, simone reyes

Simone Reyes

vegan, animal rights, simone reyes

immigration, Becky Lomotey

Becky Lomotey

immigration, Becky Lomotey

transgender, Katerina Phoenix

Katerina Phoenix

transgender, Katerina Phoenix

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Just a Moment

art fiction poetry essay

“I seem to look at the world through a different lens, and that is, if people don’t understand then I have a responsibility to share my truth, right? My beliefs, my reality? ”

Lorraine Orr
The Identity Issue 2022
“I used to make myself small in order to fit in with my partner, and I am done playing life small.”

Katerina Phoenix
The Identity Issue 2023
"I am a joy warrior. I’ve experienced the depths of absolute horror. It’s because of this horror that I feel I can appreciate joy a lot more in life. I believe that when you’re that desperate in life and you ask for help, there are angels that come into your life. That continues to happen to me."

Lori Childs
The Identity Issue 2022
“Yes, [Ukraine] is the land that I come from, but at the end of the day, we’re humans. We as people owe it to innocent lives to help them in their time of need and I’ll repeat that for the rest of my life. ”

Ilana Pavlotsky
The Advocacy Issue 2023
When you hear immigrant, what do you think? Becky: ...Without.”

Becky Lomotey
The Identity Issue 2023
"These girls, the Gen Zs, they’re going to change the world. They put up with no crap. All the things that drive me crazy are going to make her successful."

Thyme Sullivan
The Identity Issue 2022
“My journey to creating fine art is full alright: full of overgrown paths and switchbacks and other would-be obstacles. Looking back over the journey shows me how, despite all of life’s better attempts to cover it up or peel it away, the artist label just keeps sticking.”

Chana Snyder
The Identity Issue 2022
“Don’t get me wrong. I’ve definitely had some badass moments, but I recognize that I shortchanged myself on many occasions so people would like me.”

Bonnie Marcus
The Identity Issue 2022
“That tiny community that becomes your whole world, your summer family: that gift is what I ache to have been able to give to my child so that we could have shared the experience together.”

Kim Miles
The Advocacy Issue 2022
“Life twists, but one thing I do know, strong women are forged when they are most expected to crumble.”

Barb Chan
The Connections Issue 2022
“I think the biggest challenge for women who embrace causes bigger than themselves is not to lose ourselves in the process. For me, that most recently meant not leaving my sanity in the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan.”

Anonymous Storyteller
The Connections Issue 2022

Bridget

Marci

THE IDENTITY ISSUE 2024

No. 6 | The Connections Issue ‘23

No. 5 | The Advocacy Issue ‘23

No. 4 | The Identity Issue ‘23

Just a Moment

art fiction poetry essay

“I seem to look at the world through a different lens, and that is, if people don’t understand then I have a responsibility to share my truth, right? My beliefs, my reality? ”

“I used to make myself small in order to fit in with my partner, and I am done playing life small.”

“Yes, [Ukraine] is the land that I come from, but at the end of the day, we’re humans. We as people owe it to innocent lives to help them in their time of need and I’ll repeat that for the rest of my life. ”

When you hear immigrant, what do you think? Becky: ...Without.”

"These girls, the Gen Zs, they’re going to change the world. They put up with no crap. All the things that drive me crazy are going to make her successful."

“My journey to creating fine art is full alright: full of overgrown paths and switchbacks and other would-be obstacles. Looking back over the journey shows me how, despite all of life’s better attempts to cover it up or peel it away, the artist label just keeps sticking.”

“Don’t get me wrong. I’ve definitely had some badass moments, but I recognize that I shortchanged myself on many occasions so people would like me.”

“That tiny community that becomes your whole world, your summer family: that gift is what I ache to have been able to give to my child so that we could have shared the experience together.”

“Life twists, but one thing I do know, strong women are forged when they are most expected to crumble.”

“I think the biggest challenge for women who embrace causes bigger than themselves is not to lose ourselves in the process. For me, that most recently meant not leaving my sanity in the streets of Kabul, Afghanistan.”

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