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Writing About Midlife

Writing will help you, heal you, introduce you to yourself. Join me on Medium Day and let’s discuss.

3 min readAug 2, 2023

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Writing About Midlife

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Robin Finn
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley

Letting Go of Failure — And Everything Else That Didn’t Turn Out Like I Planned

I laugh when I remember that I ever thought life would follow my plan.

3 min readMay 24, 2023

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Letting Go of Failure — And Everything Else That Didn’t Turn Out Like I Planned

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Robin Finn
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley

What’s A ‘Good Word’ Between Family?

For a genetically competitive group of wordies, we keep it a friendly game. Mostly.

5 min readMay 22, 2023

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What’s A ‘Good Word’ Between Family?

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Robin Finn
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley

I Forced My Mother Into Assisted Living and I Will Never Forgive Myself

I have a choice to make about my mother’s final days: whether to plant a garden of forgiveness or hold tight to my regret.

4 min readMay 13, 2023

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I Forced My Mother Into Assisted Living and I Will Never Forgive Myself

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Robin Finn
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley

None of My Kids Ever Came When I Called Them — Why Should the Dog?

I do not think dog training is going to help. Mom training? Maybe.

3 min readMay 4, 2023

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None of My Kids Ever Came When I Called Them — Why Should the Dog?

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Robin Finn

What I Learned From My 9-Millimeter Endometrial Lining

When it comes to your endometrium, you don’t want to be impressive.

3 min readMar 7, 2023

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What I Learned From My 9-Millimeter Endometrial Lining

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Robin Finn
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley

What Is Your Intention? Mine is Blank

When the yoga teacher said, “Today, my intention is blank.” I thought, yes!

3 min readSep 14, 2022

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What Is Your Intention? Mine is Blank

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Robin Finn
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley

It’s My 25th Wedding Anniversary and I Still Don’t Eat Oysters

Thirty years of friendship to celebrate twenty-five years of marriage — and oysters.

4 min readJul 5, 2022

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It’s My 25th Wedding Anniversary and I Still Don’t Eat Oysters

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Robin Finn
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley

I’m an Emotional Weeble Wooble

With every news alert that pops up on my phone, I feel like I might fall down.

2 min readJun 30, 2022

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I’m an Emotional Weeble Wooble

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Robin Finn
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Sleepless in the San Fernando Valley

Celebrating My Mom’s Birthday After She is Gone

My daughter and I had Grandma Memorial Manicures in honor of my mother who loved manicures and blouses and leopard and denim and anything…

3 min readJun 11, 2022

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Celebrating My Mom’s Birthday After She is Gone

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Robin Finn

Robin Finn

Founder of Heart. Soul. Pen.® for women writers. Book coming April 2024! Essays in @NYTimes @WashPo @LATimes. Author: “Restless in L.A.” www.robinfinn.com

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