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Beanism|Vol.8|🐾 The Book of Bean – Thursday Bonus Edition
🐾 The Book of Bean – Thursday Bonus Edition “Unexpected Adoration” I, Bean, did not request more attention today… yet here it is, flowing in like sunshine through the Tower window. 😻 Humans keep stopping to admire my grace, my poise, my effortless beauty. I accept their offerings of praise with the dignity of a…
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65|💔 When the Fixer Has to Stay Quiet
💔 When the Fixer Has to Stay Quiet It’s hard to sit in silence when you know how to solve the problem. Hard to watch the seams come undone when you’ve spent your whole life stitching things back together. Hard to resist the urge to guide, to teach, to help—especially when you know what’s being missed and how…
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65|What My Elders Taught Me About Showing Up
What My Elders Taught Me About Showing Up I was blessed to have wonderful adult role models in my life. They truly set the standards for how to present myself to those outside my home. My parents, extended family, church elders, and even the community members around me—they all shaped my understanding of what it…
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65|🎶 Listening with Waddles: Oldies, Memory, and the Soundtrack of Comfort
🎶 Listening with Waddles: Oldies, Memory, and the Soundtrack of Comfort By Susan | Lady Flava Wellness There’s something sacred about the quiet moments—the ones where the phones stop ringing, the world slows down, and a familiar song plays in the background. Today, I sat in the phone room with Waddles by my side—my little penguin…
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65|“Writing Is Healing Me”
“Writing Is Healing Me” Every day for the past 40 days, I’ve shown up for myself through writing. Sometimes it was a deep reflection, sometimes a playful post, sometimes a quiet thought from the heart of Lady Flava. But every word mattered. Writing is helping me heal, inside out. And it’s also allowing me to…
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65|Graveyards & Grounding: What My TikTok Feed Says About Me (what does Bean have to say)
Graveyards & Grounding: What My TikTok Feed Says About Me By Lady Flava 🌻 Let me tell you what TikTok has taught me about myself… I am the kind of woman who scrolls past dance trends and lip-syncs, and lands right in the beautifully odd space between graveyards and grounding. 🕯🌲 On one side of…
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65|The Power of Proactive Wisdom”
“What Years of Experience Have Taught Me: The Power of Proactive Wisdom” A Calm Through the Chaos Reflection There’s something that years of showing up, adjusting, and learning under pressure gives you— a seasoned lens. It’s the ability to pause in a moment of tension or uncertainty and ask yourself: “What’s really needed here… to…
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Beanism|📚 The Book of Bean: Chapter 6 – “The Caffeinated Cry for Help”
📚 The Book of Bean: Chapter 6 – “The Caffeinated Cry for Help” Wisdom from the Tower Today, Lady Flava sat alone in her mighty kingdom… Suite 500. Sunlight beaming. Checking in patients. Phones ringing. Vibes? Immaculate. But something was missing. Something warm. Something rich. Something from Starbucks. ☕✨ She whispered into the air: “Sure…
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65|We’re All Masking, Even If We Don’t Realize It
We’re All Masking, Even If We Don’t Realize It By Lady Flava 🌻 We all wear masks. Not the ones made of fabric or for costume parties—but the quiet, invisible kind. The ones we put on without thinking, the ones we’ve worn for so long, they feel like part of us. The ones we wear…
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Welcome to Simply Flava. A soulful blend of reflection, resilience, and real talk from a 65-year-old woman walking boldly through life. Formerly rooted in the indie arts scene, this blog has evolved into a space where wellness, aging, and purpose take center stage. Through storytelling, resources, and heartfelt moments, Lady Flava shares her truth—one post at a time.
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