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Suki Wessling
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Writer, The Babblery producer, teacher. https://linktr.ee/sukiwessling
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My conversation with Anne Wallen could be life-changing. Listen:
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"The whole birth process has these really amazing, I call them ‘survival mechanisms.’ When I'm training, my students probably get tired of me. I sing-song it: Here's another survival mechanism!"
November 24, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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NEW on Substack: Watching our CDC is like a vigil at the beside of a dying uncle.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Great conversation with Anne Wallen about women's bodily autonomy. Check it out!
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American women are not seen as equal. We're seen as under, we're seen as adjunct, we're seen as property. And so oftentimes, when we're talking about healthcare, we have this kind of nuanced belief that we can't trust a woman's body.
November 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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I follow @kkjetelina.bsky.social on Substack and enjoy her pieces. Today's advice didn't surprise me because I follow the news. But it gave me pause: We have a government that is not just one whose policies seem wrongheaded. We have a government that is trying to make us sicker. Think about it.
November 21, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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November 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Anne Wallen now trains women in the art of the doula. How a teen mom evolved into a proponent of natural childbirth is a quietly stunning American love story.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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Coming Wednesday on the Babblery:
Doula educator Anne Wallen talks about how she came to her profession, from teen mom to advocate for women's bodily autonomy.

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I was raised by women who, I don't think any of them would consider themselves feminists, but they really understood nature and mothering and trusted and believed in the body.
November 17, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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NEW on Substack: Just as in our politics, Americans have been drawn to extremes when it comes to our health. What will it take to make America as healthy as it can be?
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The American Health Binary
Yelling at each other rather than solving our problems
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November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
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We had many of the classic food fights with our kids, but we developed a 3-prong approach that seems to have worked.
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Kids, food, and yum!
3 food rules to raise kids by
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November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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When my parents Facetimed me right before bedtime, I knew something was up.
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How can we ever trust each other again?
A few bad actors may break us
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November 12, 2025 at 2:39 PM
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NEW on Women's International News Gathering Service (WINGS): www.radio4all.net/program/121232

In this interview, Shilpi Chhotray speaks about relationships with environmental activists around the world, with emphasis on minorities and indigenous people. @shilpichhotray.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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NEW Minibabble: How does motherhood change the direction of women's lives? Environmentalist Shilpi Chhotray on how her life took a professional and personal turn when she became a mother.
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Motherhood changes the environment
Environmentalist Shilpi Chhotray reflects on how motherhood changed her career trajectory and her personal life forever
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November 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Yesterday's elections were a landslide... for democracy:
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November 5, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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I publish a lot online, but there's nothing like the thrill of seeing a stack of magazines, picking it up, and finding my name in good, old-fashioned ink on paper! My piece about the value of creative writing will be on their website growingupsc.com soon, locals grab a copy at a library or cafe.
November 3, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Parent Workshop: Encouraging Healthy Writing Habits
Parents: Joine me to learn how much influence you can have on your student’s writing.
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November 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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NEW on Substack: A hot tub encounter leads to thoughts about how we direct our anger.
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October 28, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Juggling career and kids? Listen to Shilpi talk about how having children changed "everything":
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"Before I had kids, I was that person that was wearing 10 million hats and constantly burning myself out. I was very fulfilled by my career, but didn’t really have the capacity to have joy in my life. It was pretty detrimental to be operating in that way."
October 27, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Interested in education/parenting topics? Follow my other ego: @profsuki.bsky.social !
October 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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🌎 MONDAY 6 pm PT on The Babblery: “Finding Community in Environmental Justice”

Shilpi Chhotray is an environmentalist inspired by the social justice movement. Now launching a podcast with The Nation, sharing stories of environmental Justice

🎧 Listen on @babblery.substack.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:32 AM
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NEW on Substack: Here's how I try to minimize single-use plastic in my life. How about you?
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One household against plastic
No virtue fatigue around here!
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October 26, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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It's time to build community!
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"So much good work has been undone in the environmental justice movement, and also the environmental movement at large. My colleagues have lost jobs, lost years and years of bodies of work that have contributed to incredible research. I think really looking at each other and finding community is so important."
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Listen today: Finding Community in Environmental Justice with Shilpi Chhotray
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"I have massive concerns with the conservation movement as it is because they're leaving the people part out of it and to be extremely explicit, they're leaving the indigenous people out. You can't protect land from the people that have stewarded it from generations and expel them from it."
October 23, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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My complete lack of focus on one issue fully on display. Here's my teaching/education newsletter, including an upcoming FREE discussion for kids and my spring classes:
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News: Writing, Books, and Yum!
News, events, and classes
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October 23, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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NEW on the Babblery: Shilpi Chhotray is a storyteller with a purpose. An environmentalist who found inspiration in the social justice movement, she is now embarking on a podcast to tell stories about environmental justice.
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October 22, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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I see this over and over again, in my life and on media: young people seem to be suffering from virtue fatigue. But taking personal responsibility for a small part of humanity’s big problems shouldn't cause fatigue. It should energize us and those around us.

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Is personal responsibility passé?
In a world made of atoms, even a compostable fork is meaningful
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October 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM