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    "Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about unbecoming everything that isn't really you so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place."  - Unknown

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    Half Ass Environmentalist
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 5
    • 4 min

    Half Ass Environmentalist

    “No one motorist can cause a traffic jam. But no traffic jam can exist without individual motorists. We are stuck in traffic because we...
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    EVERY TREE IS THE FOREST
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • May 20, 2020
    • 3 min

    EVERY TREE IS THE FOREST

    These poetic words swirled in my mind this week. Cries and protests erupt as angry citizens come to blows over the rights of individuals, an
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    Time Traveler
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 29, 2020
    • 3 min

    Time Traveler

    Traveling backwards lets me control the narrative— my take on the storyline. This very control is what I am practicing releasing on a daily
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    The Shimmer Of Didion's Light
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 22, 2020
    • 4 min

    The Shimmer Of Didion's Light

    If reading is in my inhale and writing is my exhale, I think I have been holding my breath for the past month.
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    Sensoria is for Everyone!
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Apr 9, 2018
    • 2 min

    Sensoria is for Everyone!

    “What starves pain, what forces it to release its grip, is speech, the voice upon which rides the story, this is what happened; this is...
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    Making It Right
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Mar 19, 2018
    • 4 min

    Making It Right

    “She didn’t know how to fix herself….” -Bryn Chancellor, Sycamore I love the idea that we find in a book what we need to see or hear at...
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    The Other Side
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Mar 20, 2017
    • 6 min

    The Other Side

    "We can strive for a whole that is greater than a part. When we relinquish our human instinct to blame and point an accusatory finger a
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    Join the Club
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Jan 23, 2017
    • 5 min

    Join the Club

    How is reading a sign of a life well-lived? Discussing books involves talking about the world, life and our role as human beings. We explore
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    A Pilgrimage from Pouting to Presence
    Jaime Pollard-Smith
    • Nov 15, 2016
    • 5 min

    A Pilgrimage from Pouting to Presence

    "Each new person I take time to come in contact with has the potential to leave a lasting brick in the wall of me."
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