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Taryn Watson

Mother’s Day

I’ve never enjoyed Mother’s Day — the stands full of cards detailing sweet nothings about how thankful you are to have such a loving…

3 min readMay 11, 2022

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Living Out Loud

Fuck Your Selfie

As you start to see the light, the darkness also becomes clear.

2 min readJul 10, 2021

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ILLUMINATION

We Know We’re Letting The Wolf Into The Lamb’s Den, But We Do It Anyway …

27 min readMay 8, 2021

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Angry wolf hunting

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Living Out Loud

Why It’s Important For Girls of Every Age To Watch Frozen

Until 2013, the only narrative we were exposed to was the beautiful, helpless maiden who gets rescued by Prince Charming, gets married…

2 min readApr 23, 2021

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Questioning The Narrative

Questioning The Narrative: Cussing

Because “Oh, jeepers” just doesn’t cut it when you’ve kicked your toe on the coffee table.

2 min readApr 4, 2021

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Questioning The Narrative

PSA: 3 Mistakes You’re Making As a Writer

And why you shouldn’t read this article.

2 min readFeb 7, 2021

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Male wearing a clown mask, sitting on the street with colourful spray cans

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ILLUMINATION

How You Can Find Peace In Understanding

Tell me lies. Tell me sweet little lies.

5 min readJan 30, 2021

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ILLUMINATION

Why Flattery Is Offensive To An Intelligent Person

I’m not your “hun". We’re not best friends. I don’t know you. Don’t ply me with your cheap trickery.

7 min readJan 17, 2021

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The 3 Most Influential Podcasts of 2020

For anyone who’s sick of hearing from generic self-help gurus and motivational coaches

5 min readJan 5, 2021

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Why I Don’t Set New Year’s Resolutions, Why You Never Achieve Yours + How To Reach Your Goals

New Year’s resolutions are a bandaid solution designed to make yourself feel better at a time of celebration, instead of feeling awful…

4 min readDec 31, 2020

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Taryn Watson

Taryn Watson

NZ based Writer + SA sufferer + Introvert + Fascinated by the human mind + Raw and insightful observations about people, life, trauma and healing.

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