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    Nikki and Jen

    “What We Are” is an online blog community for woman of all walks of life to share unfiltered stories and experiences on various issues women face today. We invite you to tuck away your glossy Instagram selfie. Take a deep breath and show up as you are. #NoFilterRequired

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BALD IS BEAUTIFUL : BY SHARON BLYNN
September 25, 2019

A funny thing happened on the way to becoming a psychiatric architect (nope) . . . . . . a psychologist-architect (not that either) . . . umm, an architect (noooo) . . . okay, an ethnomusicologist (no again) . […]

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Beauty  / Body Image  / Life's Work  / Lifestyle  / Spirituality

A PLEASURE REVOLUTION: BY SARAH UTTERBACK
September 5, 2019

About 9 months ago, I had a really big ugly cry.  You know the ones.  I was outside, walking my friends’ dogs, in a neighborhood where I could easily run into people I knew.  It was around 8pm, and maybe […]

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Body Image  / Getting Help  / Health & Wellness  / Love  / Love & Relationships  / Personal Growth  / Sexuality

#ALLTHETHINGS INTERVIEW SERIES: Carey Peters
April 3, 2019

Click here to read Carey’s article. How I Recovered From Postpartum Depression

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HOW I RECOVERED FROM POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION: CAREY PETERS
April 2, 2019

Postpartum depression. I had heard about it, was warned about it, even read up on it a little before I had my daughter…but nothing could have prepared me for the agony of experiencing it.   Almost immediately after arriving home […]

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Body Image  / Getting Help  / Motherhood  / Personal Growth  / Post Pardum Depression

Atomic Moms Podcast: Body Conscious | Open Heart Surgery, Fertility, Friendship
February 7, 2018

Catch us on Atomic Moms Podcast by Ellie Knaus! “Friends Nikki DeLoach (Awkward) and Jen Dede (Shameless) have supported each other through hell and back and aren’t afraid to crack a joke about it. They speak candidly about Jen’s 8 […]

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Body Image  / Fertility  / Motherhood  / Podcast

I (used to) Hate My Pregnant Body: Nikki Deloach
October 21, 2017

One night, after spending the entire day praying to the porcelain throne, I sat down to type out my sickly frustrations and distress. I wrote an article entitled “I Hate My Pregnant Body” and decided to post it for the […]

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Body Image  / Getting Help  / Health & Wellness  / Motherhood

Me And My Body Through Thick And Thin: Jen Dede
September 24, 2017

There is so much to say on this topic. I don’t feel I can speak truthfully about where I am today without sharing where my body has been the last few years. The past 7 years (almost 8), but who’s […]

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Body Image  / Fertility  / Personal Growth

The Body: Jillian Rose Reed
September 8, 2017

Some days are good days. Some days are bad days. Some days I feel like a Victoria’s Secret model, and other days I look in the mirror and am harshly reminded that I’m 5’2″ with thunder thighs and I haven’t […]

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Body Image  / Personal Growth

Body Love?
September 1, 2017
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