A Brief Ode to Grief
My marriage is over. I am not sure how to process it, so I started writing again. I hope it is helping. It's what I know to do... My body...
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We are all told, “live your life to the fullest”; I am here to do just that. Four Chanes serves as a vessel to project my passions, and provide readers new ways to be inspired and share ideas. So, sit back, relax, and read on.
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Lauren Chane
- May 23
- 15 min
Study Abroad
Laurel showed up a week early with her parents and brother for a family vacation before her study abroad trip started. She e-mailed her...
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Lauren Chane
- May 13
- 5 min
Post Retreat Pendulum
Write write write…write how I feel. Write my thoughts… I feel tired today, physically, and mentally. Probably spiritually and emotionally...
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Lauren Chane
- May 12
- 5 min
Undertow- A Short Fiction Story.
She resolved the next day to leave him alone and ignore him as much as possible. She wanted to just focus on herself. She spent her meals...
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Lauren Chane
- May 10
- 3 min
Tantra Retreat in Costa Rica
I had an experience. I went somewhere. I went to a place in the jungle. I went to a place near the beach. It smelled like plumeria and...
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Lauren Chane
- Feb 5
- 6 min
TikTok Angels
To the insecurity within. When I was growing up, we were a pretty average family. I grew up in Austin Texas in nice neighborhoods. We...
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Lauren Chane
- Jan 3
- 5 min
To All The Women and to the Men Who are Listening to Women
In the online course I am taking I am learning about different stages a woman (specifically) may go through when in a relationship or...
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Lauren Chane
- Dec 15, 2022
- 5 min
Kali, Kuan Yin and Mothering...
I recently had a dream where I was hugging my mother right before I woke up. And not a simple embrace, but a long, tearful connection...
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Lauren Chane
- Dec 7, 2022
- 3 min
Diving into Tantra.
What happens when you decide to take your life back? What happens when you decide to dedicate to a spiritual path? What happens when you...
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Lauren Chane
- Oct 31, 2022
- 4 min
Life in Hawaii...
Okay, so I haven't written anything since January of last year. It has been an interesting hiatus. I think I stopped writing for a few...
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Lauren Chane
- Jan 25, 2022
- 6 min
Permies, Aliens, and Couple's Therapy
I probably should be out in the garden cleaning it up and mending the soil with new compost and getting it ready to plant cold-weather...
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Lauren Chane
- Dec 12, 2021
- 11 min
The Gift of Oral Herpes.
What once was the worst thing in the world, has become a blessing of sorts. Life is so strange the way it works out sometimes. I have had...
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Lauren Chane
- Dec 7, 2021
- 6 min
This Digital World...
I wrote this post the day before Thanksgiving, and am now in a settled enough spot to post it. We moved out of the RV, we are in a...
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Lauren Chane
- Nov 15, 2021
- 7 min
Equal Partnership...
Some of you don’t have obsessive minds that keep you awake at night, and it shows… I have not been sleeping as well as I would like. My...
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Lauren Chane
- Nov 1, 2021
- 6 min
Processing Tough Emotions
Last night and this morning I was filled with thoughts that wouldn’t leave me alone and I could feel myself on edge. The nagging feelings...
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Lauren Chane
- Oct 23, 2021
- 6 min
Surrendering to what is...
We have compromised and decided to stay in Saint Augustine for a few more years as our business matures before we move away to Hawaii. It...
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Lauren Chane
- Oct 18, 2021
- 9 min
My Intervention Story.
Good afternoon, or whatever time it is for you. When I woke up today it was 55 out and we turned on our furnace for the first time in...
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Lauren Chane
- Oct 11, 2021
- 4 min
Rebellion Gardens
Today is my husband’s birthday and we are celebrating tonight with a fancy dinner in the garden with some of our friends. By fancy I...
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Lauren Chane
- Oct 8, 2021
- 5 min
Digital Detox Progress
We have been on this small-scale digital detox for only about a week and I can tell you I am pretty surprised. Surprised that there is...
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Lauren Chane
- Oct 4, 2021
- 6 min
Moving Day and Digital Detox (again)...
It is moving our RV Day. We had a month reserved at a resort on the beach and instead decided, in part to save money, and in part to be...
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