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That Time I Met Serena Williams in the Locker Room

Also, pride, humility & sobriety — Note: This essay is from my Substack newsletter: Sober Soulful, where I share raw, unfiltered essays about addiction recovery, sobriety, and soulful living. Find me there for free weekly posts. For four years — between my moves from Canada to Colorado to Canada again — I lived in south Florida…

Addiction Recovery

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That Time I Met Serena Williams in the Locker Room
That Time I Met Serena Williams in the Locker Room
Addiction Recovery

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Sober Soulful on Substack

Raw, unfiltered writing about sobriety and soulful living — Hey. Dana here. I have some news. My last three essays over on Substack — lengthy reads that prompted record (for me) opens, views, and subscriptions — brought new clarity around my publication and where it’s headed. Find them here: Sobriety from Social Media Addiction Is Like Giving up Alcohol …

Writing

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Sober Soulful on Substack
Sober Soulful on Substack
Writing

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Sobriety from Social Media Addiction Is Like Giving up Alcohol

Well, this feels familiar. — Four notes before we begin: 1) I’m not into prescriptive, self-help-y writing these days. Please know that everything that follows is directed towards me as much as you. 2) I write about digital addiction here, but my experience of that (and getting out of it) is inseparable from my experience…

Addiction

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Sobriety from Social Media Addiction Is Like Giving up Alcohol
Sobriety from Social Media Addiction Is Like Giving up Alcohol
Addiction

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An Eagle, an Osprey & an Angry Couple Walk into a Bar

Or, you know, just battle it out on home turf — Hey, Medium crew! I rarely post on Medium anymore but miss some familiar faces here. The post below is my latest essay from Substack — thought I’d do a “drive by” and try to entice you to stop by that space for more :). If not, no worries. I totally…

Relationships

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An Eagle, an Osprey & an Angry Couple Walk into a Bar
An Eagle, an Osprey & an Angry Couple Walk into a Bar
Relationships

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I’ve Left Medium.

Find me here instead. — Hey you, Dana here. I’m leaving a note to say I’ve paused writing on Medium for now and likely forever. Medium can be a great place! Also, for various reasons, it was no longer a fit. I write about that some (and sobriety from mindless web time, social media, and…

Medium

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I’ve Left Medium.
I’ve Left Medium.
Medium

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May 3

A Minimalist Review of the Ocushield Bamboo Weighted Sleep Eye Mask

Biohack sleep, slay your day (or, like, just feel better) — Hey. Dana here. I’m a Doctor of Chinese Medicine, a certified Primal Health Coach, and fairly versed in functional medicine, biohacking, and life optimization for health and longevity. I’m also a hardcore minimalist and have been for decades (my entire adulthood, and I’m now 48). I own fewer than 30…

Biohacking

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A Minimalist Review of the Ocushield Bamboo Weighted Sleep Eye Mask
A Minimalist Review of the Ocushield Bamboo Weighted Sleep Eye Mask
Biohacking

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Oct 30, 2022

A Tale of Two Choices: Continue This Fucked-up-ness…or Revel in Being Out and Queer and Single

Note: I’m reworking material on addiction…merging into a chapter on gender and sexuality. Find Part 1 of this latest thread here, Part 2 here, Part 3 here. A week after being dumped by the first woman I ever dated, I resumed an on-again, off-again, ridiculously fucked-up relationship with an ex-boyfriend…

LGBTQ

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A Tale of Two Choices: Continue This Fucked-up-ness…or Revel in Being Out and Queer and Single
A Tale of Two Choices: Continue This Fucked-up-ness…or Revel in Being Out and Queer and Single
LGBTQ

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Oct 28, 2022

Dating After Coming Out as Queer Started Super Awkward

But first, I have more to say about labels. — Note: I’m reworking material on addiction…merging into a chapter on gender and sexuality. Find Part 1 of this latest thread here and Part 2 here. Since coming out more than two decades ago, my relationship with labels is the same as my relationship with jeans: Too tight in places; falling…

LGBTQ

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Dating After Coming Out as Queer Started Super Awkward
Dating After Coming Out as Queer Started Super Awkward
LGBTQ

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Oct 25, 2022

Growing Up Gender Fluid in Small Town America

Girls, boys, bodies — Note: I’m reworking material on addiction…merging into a chapter on gender and sexuality. Find Part 1 here. Life never stays still. When it does, fully and finally — when we reach our ultimate conclusion — we call this death. Meanwhile, we move. Meanwhile, we weave self and story. But neither…

LGBTQ

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Growing Up Gender Fluid in Small Town America
Growing Up Gender Fluid in Small Town America
LGBTQ

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Oct 22, 2022

Something Creepy This Way Comes

Also, Medium updates and “new rules” — When I hired the talented, kind, gracious Brian Limoyo to take pictures for my brand and business this month, he had his work cut out for him. For one, I have a major aversion to getting my picture taken — a story wrapped up in anorexia recovery and ongoing body…

Writing

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Something Creepy This Way Comes
Something Creepy This Way Comes
Writing

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Dana Leigh Lyons

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Doctor of Chinese Medicine, Writer, Medium Top Writer in Poetry, Health, Travel, LGBTQ. hello@danaleighlyons.com https://danaleighlyons.substack.com/

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