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Your Worth and Power as a Woman and How to Reclaim It
May all my ladies say "power" No, not THAT kind of power that we confuse true power with. Not the kind the patriarchy modeled to us, one...
Tiemert Shimelis Letike
Jun 11, 20212 min read
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Majesty in Waiting : Wisdom of The 'Dead' Tree
We moved into our new home back in December 2020. One of the things we loved about this house was the backyard garden the previous owner...
Tiemert Shimelis Letike
May 29, 20213 min read
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2020 : A Chaotic Year of Triumphs
New Year day 2021. I sit looking back at 2020 very fondly. The kind of fondness a year arguably sent from hell does not seem to be...
Tiemert Shimelis Letike
Jan 2, 20213 min read
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Woman in The Arena
Today's morning journal entry had something unusual about it. It was demanding to show up as a blog instead. So I am typing this on my...
Tiemert Shimelis Letike
Oct 30, 20205 min read
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Permission to BE : A Mother's Prayer
On a rather cloudy October morning, I sat overlooking the Atlantic ocean. I am overcome with presence. I am on a getaway to celebrate my...
Tiemert Shimelis Letike
Oct 11, 20203 min read
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Do You Belong? An Enlightening Chat With Sebene Selassie
"At the age of thirty-four, while most of my girlfriends hurriedly made babies before their fertility windows closed, I received a...
Tiemert Shimelis Letike
Oct 6, 20202 min read
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Accepting The Unwanted
A man bought a new house and decided that he was going to have a very beautiful lawn. He worked on it every week, doing everything the...
Tiemert
May 7, 20202 min read
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UNSTUCKING YOU : 5 tips for overcoming resistance
It feels like it has been forever since my last blog entry. 8 weeks and 62 calendar days to be exact. I doubt there was a single day that...
Tiemert
Sep 9, 20196 min read
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The Art of Letting Go
Impermanence. It's the law of the universe. But somehow, unlike anything else in our world, we humans seem to struggle with that concept....
Tiemert Letike
Jul 9, 20197 min read
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To The Mother In You
I struggle to keep up with weekly blogging, let alone two blogs in one week! I’m A recovering perfectionist and the idea of posting a...
Tiemert Shimelis Letike
May 12, 20193 min read
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The Unlikeliest of Friends: Building A Sisterhood With My Husband's Ex Wife
You have just met someone new and a mutual interest seems to be growing. Love bells are ringing. Getting to know each other is in full...
Tiemert Letike
May 9, 20195 min read
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Q&A on Luwame Blog
A few weeks ago, a beautiful human, habesha woman, blogger, mom and wife I admire reached out to me with something exciting. She wanted...
Tiemert Letike
Apr 10, 20191 min read
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Ethiopia, It's time to stop needing the world to validate you
On Sunday March 10th, I woke up to my social media feed congested with terrible news from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. An Ethiopian Airlines...
Tiemert Letike
Mar 13, 20195 min read
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Feminine Energy & Patterns of Pain
It's international women's day and I am reflecting on what I am seeing as a phenomenon of feminine energy resurgence. The world, in my...
Tiemert Letike
Mar 8, 20193 min read
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The Comparison Bug: The Obsession to Compare And How Not to
It used to happen whenever you ran into your high school classmate out of nowhere. You chat about the basics and try to gauge what they...
Tiemert Letike
Feb 28, 20196 min read
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WHAT I KNOW TO BE TRUE ABOUT LOVE
Red everywhere. Roses and hearts and chocolates and cards, reminders on each corner you turn to. Love day is here! Capitalism has found a...
Tiemert Letike
Feb 13, 20195 min read
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TUSSLE & TRIUMPH, A STORY OF SHAME AND #METOO
Why am I unsure about this one? The grapple with vulnerability and my eventual surrender to it's might have always led me to good places...
Tiemert Letike
Feb 8, 201912 min read
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Low breast milk supply? Tips to consider
There was no question about it, I was to feed my new baby breastmilk. Didn't need to be convinced on it being the very best start I could...
Tiemert Letike
Dec 6, 20185 min read
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THANKSGIVING FOR DISCOMFORT?
I sat scrolling through my Facebook and allowing my Instagram stories feed to play itself as I nurse my baby. I's thansgiving day here in...
Tiemert Letike
Nov 23, 20183 min read
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PAUSE AND PLAY; A DANCE OF THE SEASONS
Just like that. It's been over three months since I logged into my website. Over three months since I wrote anything, responded to any...
Tiemert Letike
Nov 20, 20184 min read
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