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Breaking Free from Labels and Excuses: Learning to Fly at 35

July 10, 2018July 30, 2025 / Laura Joy Palma / 1 Comment

My student Snow White taught me that growth means accepting criticism without making excuses. Here's how I'm learning to stop using labels as crutches and find the freedom to fly.

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Two-Hour Tuesdays

The story before the story — how a blog became a lifeline, and how showing up to the page one night a week slowly wrote me back to life, and to faith.

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Fearfully, Wonderfully, and Bipolar-ly Made
From Shame to Sanctuary

A memoir at the intersection of bipolar disorder and Christian faith. Endorsed by Dr. Sam Storms.

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