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Chelsea’s mom and unborn brother died in a car accident on Chelsea’s first birthday, leaving little Chelsea and her grief-stricken father behind to piece back together their shattered life.

As a child, Chelsea longs for a mom – a living mom – and she’s thrilled when her dad remarries a wonderful woman named Shawna. But even when she’s surrounded by love, Chelsea still finds herself trying to fill a gaping hole in her heart.

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Why do we hold on to things we no longer need? For many of us, it’s because they remind us of who we were and who we thought we might become.

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Last year, we did a virtual live show on Valentine’s Day, and Nora — who considers herself a bit of a matchmaker — did some matchmaking. And while she was doing that, the live show comments section was popping off with other Terribles looking for love. 

This gave Nora the harebrained idea to make … a matchmaking episode. Consider this the podcast version of that “Great Expectations” video dating service from the ‘90s. 

If you are interested in reaching out to any of these people romantically, send an email to matchmaking@noraborealis.com with the person’s nickname as the subject line. (If you don’t do this, your email will be deleted). The deadline to submit is Tuesday, June 21st.

Dater nicknames:

Seeking Partner, Not Friend

#Wholesome

Teammate

West Winger

14 Acres

Lowkey in Brooklyn

Dr. Love

The Widower

Cooks A Mean Steak

Chaotic Bisexual

Biker Gang

Escaping the Rut

Caregiver Seeks Care

Stepmom Energy

Now, for the legal stuff: Neither Nora nor anyone at APM has screened or endorsed any person participating in this exchange. If folks decide to connect or meet as part of this, again, they do it completely at their own choosing, and they should use every precaution that they would use in any other situation where they’re dealing with a stranger.

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Girlboss culture is now, as they say, cringe, but during the 2010s, SO MANY of us thought we were on the precipice of busting through that glass ceiling. We thought we could rise and grind, hustle our way to the life of our dreams, and as long as we loved what we did we wouldn’t work a day in our lives.

Leigh Stein is also a recovering girlboss, who went into debt building an organization that supported women but left her burned all the way out.

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Read Leigh’s LitHub article (and see her work diary) here.

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We’re back with another Terrible Reading Club episode, sponsored by Betterhelp Online Therapy. Think of it as our book club for truly terrible times. Haven’t read the book we’re discussing? Good news: In this reading club, that’s not a requirement. 

Today, we’re chatting with Kathleen Glasgow about her YA novel “You’d Be Home Now,” which tackles substance abuse and the opioid crisis. Note that we also talk about self-harm in this episode.

Buy the book here or wherever you shop books. You can also learn more about alllllll of Kathleen’s books here.

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