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🫶🏼 Vanessa called me out and she wasn't wrong

Apr 9, 2026

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6 min read

🫶🏼 Vanessa called me out and she wasn't wrong

So I deleted the recordings and asked myself: what would I tell a friend?

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
😓 I was on the verge of tears the whole walk home

Apr 2, 2026

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4 min read

😓 I was on the verge of tears the whole walk home

On brain tumors, nerve shocks, and the walk that almost broke me this week.

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
💵 My complicated relationship with money

Mar 27, 2026

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7 min read

💵 My complicated relationship with money

Free lunch, a school I couldn't attend, and the savings I quietly burned through — my money story is messy. Maybe yours is too.

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
📚 I made the account on Valentine's Day. I didn't post for a month!

Mar 20, 2026

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7 min read

📚 I made the account on Valentine's Day. I didn't post for a month!

The gap between "I'm going to do this" and actually doing it is where I've been living. Here's what finally moved me.

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
📌 You had your moment. Now what?

Mar 17, 2026

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6 min read

📌 You had your moment. Now what?

Consider accountability, lower stakes, and a very encouraging group of friends.

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
🥲 She told me I had permission (and I cried like I'd been waiting years to hear it)

Mar 13, 2026

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7 min read

🥲 She told me I had permission (and I cried like I'd been waiting years to hear it)

Spoiler: I had been.

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
💭 The question that cracked me open (and might do the same for you)

Mar 10, 2026

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5 min read

💭 The question that cracked me open (and might do the same for you)

It's 3 words. It'll take 30 seconds. And you might cry a little. Fair warning.

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
💚 She never asked for permission

Mar 6, 2026

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8 min read

💚 She never asked for permission

A Women's History Month letter about my mom, my name, and the woman I'm slowly becoming

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
🌸 Signs you've been making yourself smaller

Mar 3, 2026

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5 min read

🌸 Signs you've been making yourself smaller

A framework for catching the quiet moments when you shrink — and what to do instead

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Viry Medina
🌻 Turns out self-love looks a lot like vitamins and pajamas

Feb 24, 2026

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5 min read

🌻 Turns out self-love looks a lot like vitamins and pajamas

A few small ways I've been showing up for myself this season

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Viry Medina
💛 Love is boring (and I mean that in the best way)

Feb 20, 2026

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7 min read

💛 Love is boring (and I mean that in the best way)

15 years, a high school sweetheart, and everything the fairy tale left out

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
💚 When Bad Bunny proved there's room for all of us

Feb 17, 2026

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6 min read

💚 When Bad Bunny proved there's room for all of us

On Super Bowl Sunday, unapologetic authenticity, and why showing up fully is an act of love and resistance

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
💫 Giving myself another chance to live life (not just survive it)

Feb 17, 2026

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6 min read

💫 Giving myself another chance to live life (not just survive it)

On letting go of survival mode and deciding to make space for dreams again, even when the world feels heavy

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
🎯 Your motivation toolkit for when goals or life get hard

Jan 30, 2026

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4 min read

🎯 Your motivation toolkit for when goals or life get hard

Because the path is never as linear as you think it'll be—here's how to keep going anyway

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
💔 When the world is heavy and staying motivated feels impossible

Jan 27, 2026

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6 min read

💔 When the world is heavy and staying motivated feels impossible

On finding motivation to keep going with your goals when everything around you (and inside you) feels like too much

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
🐴 Shedding the eldest daughter I thought I had to be

Jan 23, 2026

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8 min read

🐴 Shedding the eldest daughter I thought I had to be

What happens when you realize the role you've been playing was just another form of perfectionism...

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
🐍 What if your goal was to let go, not add on?

Jan 20, 2026

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4 min read

🐍 What if your goal was to let go, not add on?

The Year of the Snake taught us to shed—here's how to figure out what needs releasing...

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
 🛏️ What waking up at 1:30pm taught me about control

Jan 15, 2026

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6 min read

🛏️ What waking up at 1:30pm taught me about control

On letting go of rigid systems, surgery recovery, and building life around what actually matters

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
🔧 Your word of the year needs infrastructure (here's how to build it)

Jan 13, 2026

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5 min read

🔧 Your word of the year needs infrastructure (here's how to build it)

Between choosing a word and living it lies the missing piece everyone skips...

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
🌱 Why I'm calling 2026 my year of adventure

Jan 9, 2026

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7 min read

🌱 Why I'm calling 2026 my year of adventure

On choosing your word when life has already chosen chaos, and why my real new year starts in March...

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
🎯 When goals feel too heavy, try this instead

Jan 6, 2026

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5 min read

🎯 When goals feel too heavy, try this instead

One simple word might be exactly what you need to navigate this year with more ease...

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
💫 A different kind of year-end reflection (no guilt allowed)

Dec 30, 2025

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7 min read

💫 A different kind of year-end reflection (no guilt allowed)

Looking back at 2025 with gratitude for resilience and the people who held us through it all

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
🌱 Playing to your own timeline (even when everyone else seems ahead)

Dec 23, 2025

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6 min read

🌱 Playing to your own timeline (even when everyone else seems ahead)

A gentle reminder that your path is yours alone—and that's exactly as it should be

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
💤 Knocked out on the operating table (+ my favorite things of 2025)

Dec 16, 2025

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6 min read

💤 Knocked out on the operating table (+ my favorite things of 2025)

Sharing my 2025 favorites while I recover—and stealing all your best show & book recs...

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
🤖 I stopped rolling my eyes at AI (and you might want to hear why)

Dec 11, 2025

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8 min read

🤖 I stopped rolling my eyes at AI (and you might want to hear why)

From skeptic to daily user—how I'm using AI as a growth tool without losing my humanity.

Viry Medina
Viry Medina
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