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Real Talk: 6 Women Share How They’ve Been Navigating COVID-19

Collage of 7 women, provided by Sweta Vikram
The author (middle left) and her ‘tribe’ of women sharing their COVID experiences

As the pandemic shifts from shock-and-awe to ‘The New Norm’, 6 women share their coping strategies…from meditation to new businesses

I saw a meme today where number 13 goes, “I am the worst number.” 666 follows up with, “No, I am the worst number.” 2020 goes, “Bitches, please.”

In March, we were scared for every single breath that left our body; by August, many have become desensitized. We are infusing fear with humor. COVID hit us all so hard and took away any iota of normalcy, leading us to rethink so much of what we’ve taken for granted in our lives and work in the past few decades.

“Unprecedented” has become the word of the year repeated on loop at every meeting. We have lost lives, loved ones, livelihood, sanity, health, and so much more. The pandemic has compelled us all to pause and make

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