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About Me Stories

About Me — Andi Nara

“Let ’em drag you through hell; they can’t tell you to change who you are”

11 min readAug 14, 2023

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About Me — Andi Nara

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The Narrative Arc

If a Hundred Years-Long Life Were Only a Week, It Would Be Wednesday 4:48pm for Me

Let’s make the most out of this Hump Day evening, and the rest of the week

10 min readJul 29, 2023

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image generated with Midjourney by author. Minimalistic abstract illustration of the author as an old woman, sitting next to a dog, reading.

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Modern Women

He’s Sitting Closer to Me Every Day

Should I let him, or should I hide?

5 min readMar 20, 2024

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He’s Sitting Closer to Me Every Day

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5 Unconventional Therapies I Tried to Rebuild the Dexterity of My Affected Hand After a Double…

And my confidence along with it

9 min readMar 11, 2024

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5 Unconventional Therapies I Tried to Rebuild the Dexterity of My Affected Hand After a Double…

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ENGAGE

Celebrating My Friends Who Saved My Life

Sharing the story of my caregivers on my first anniversary as a stroke survivor

39 min readDec 22, 2023

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Celebrating My Friends Who Saved My Life

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Unmasking My Narcissistic Mother

How do I write the story I mustn’t tell?

24 min readSep 11, 2023

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5 Venetian masks in a row in front of a black backdrop

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The Memoirist

When My Grandmother Destroyed My Toy on Purpose

And my childhood innocence with it

7 min readSep 5, 2023

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abstract illustration of a lonely, sad girl standing in the middle of a room, in the shards of her crushed illusions

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The Memoirist

My Mother’s Big Reveal: I Was a Bastard

Not just another origin story…

11 min readAug 30, 2023

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Lonely girl sitting on a doorway, face buried in her palms

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The Shortform

My Thousand Beautiful Scars

Scars can heal and reveal who you are

1 min readAug 30, 2023

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abstract portrait of a woman, sad, lost

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The Memoirist

The Day My Sister Died Three Times Because of Me

If I had a time machine, I would go back and say different words

11 min readAug 27, 2023

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Sophie and me (and my niece) in The Palace of Wonders, property of author

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Andi Nara

Andi Nara

I write my life story - how I reclaimed myself after 18+ years of toxic trauma | Stroke Survivor | Championing Women in Leadership | Mentor | Human | Dog owner

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