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My Terminally-Ill Dog Taught Me Everything I Need To Know

New Year’s Eve 2021 was weird. In fact, so much so, I was relieved to be tucked into bed well before midnight, two melatonin gummies consumed to make sure the sleep stuck. First, I’m not a big New Year’s Eve fan. I don’t revel, make resolutions, or get too engaged…

Dogs

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My Terminally-Ill Dog Taught Me Everything I Need To Know
My Terminally-Ill Dog Taught Me Everything I Need To Know

Sep 20, 2021

What Nonprofit Communications Professionals Wish You Knew

I have been a nonprofit communications professional for nearly a decade. What does my job entail? People like me are mostly behind the scenes sharing stories, information, resources, and much more about the nonprofits they serve. We can also provide support to co-workers, community partners, projects, events, and processes. Pretty…

Nonprofit

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What Nonprofit Communications Professionals Wish You Knew
What Nonprofit Communications Professionals Wish You Knew

Sep 6, 2021

The Athlete’s Mind Never Retires

I’m a retired runner, but regular exerciser (a.k.a. a health maintenance athlete) who is on a steady sprint to deeper middle age; my body may be worn, a little heavier, and a lot slower, but my (athlete’s) mind? Fierce and fiery, in the most over-the-top, but good ways! At least…

Running

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The Athlete’s Mind Never Retires
The Athlete’s Mind Never Retires

Jun 17, 2021

Note to Employers: Written Words Matter, Too

Universal truth: Being rejected hurts. As a job seeker, being rejected by a potential employer can really hurt, especially when lots of time, energy and work went into the application process. Oftentimes, rejected applicants are notified of the outcome by written correspondence, like email. A timely, polite, and kind correspondence…

Work

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Note to Employers: Written Words Matter, Too
Note to Employers: Written Words Matter, Too

May 12, 2021

Hello There, Me: Why I Love the Way I Look, Bare-Faced, Gray Hairs and All

Have you given up makeup and hair color during the pandemic of 2020–2021, and like it? Or maybe it’s not a pandemic thing. Feel more comfortable with a bare face, no makeup? Have gray hair and don’t care? Are you a person of a certain age that has embraced their…

Beauty

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Hello There, Me: Why I Love the Way I Look, Bare-Faced, Gray Hairs and All
Hello There, Me: Why I Love the Way I Look, Bare-Faced, Gray Hairs and All

Apr 15, 2021

Make Your Social Media Health and Wellbeing a Priority

Whether you are an early adopter of social media, or new to it all together, maintaining your mental and emotional social media health and wellbeing is vital. While there are positive things about social media use, for users it can cause harm to varying degrees. For many, it’s easy to…

Social Media

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Make Your Social Media Health and Wellbeing a Priority
Make Your Social Media Health and Wellbeing a Priority

Apr 6, 2021

From Hustle to Shuffle

I believe that I recently blew it on a job interview, with one single word. — Sure. I was on a video call with a kind, cheery, wildly busy hiring director, for an equally kind, cheery, wildly busy organization, for a second interview, after my passing my first phone screen with a human resources manager. …

Unemployment

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From Hustle to Shuffle
From Hustle to Shuffle

Apr 1, 2021

The Eggs That Have No Shells

For most of 2020, and now into 2021, I am the egg woman. Being an egg woman wasn’t, and isn’t, what one would think because it was both nouns and verbs, things and actions, literal and figurative. To begin: Egg defined (noun): the hard-shelled reproductive body produced by a bird…

Kindness To Yourself

9 min read

The Eggs That Have No Shells
The Eggs That Have No Shells
Kimberly Kay Thompson

Kimberly Kay Thompson

Kimberly Kay Thompson is a writer, essayist and nonprofit communications professional in WA State.

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