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Past Letters
Every letter Lisa has ever sent, in one place. Pour a cup of something warm and stay awhile.
Wellness Transcends Age
On looking after yourself at every stage… and why it is never too late to begin.
The Only Holiday In August
On making your own occasion when the calendar hands you nothing to celebrate.
The Girl Who Looked Like She Had It Together
On the women who look perfectly fine from the outside, and what they are quietly carrying.
Letting Go of Who You Learned to Be
On the version of yourself you built to keep everyone else comfortable… and what sits underneath it.
Sometimes the Hardest Baggage to Unpack Is the Pattern
On the patterns we repeat without meaning to, and what it takes to notice one before it runs the day.
Everyone Wants an Invitation
On being included. Why the feeling of belonging never really goes away… and why we need it more the older we get.
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The Day After the Dream
On the morning after the dream finally comes true. The wedding, the promotion, the book… and the life still waiting for us when we wake up.
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Seven Years Later...
Seven years of writing, doubting, and showing up anyway. The launch day letter, the day Girl, Unpack That! went out into the world.
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A Summer Worth Noticing
On the permission summer gives us to breathe a little deeper. Longer evenings, fresh flowers, tiny moments… and why we deserve more of them.
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The Girlfriend Shift
On the quiet moment when a friendship shifts. The baggage we carry, sometimes for decades, not because we want to… but because no one ever taught us how to unpack it.
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The Quiet Weight
For every woman who felt a little heavy around Mother’s Day. Beautiful on the outside, flowers and brunch and photos… and a little more complicated underneath.
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The Awareness Moment
On the things we carry that don’t feel heavy at first. The gathering where you feel a little off, the random Tuesday that lingers… and learning to notice it.
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Create a little space for connection this week.
On Bonding, the B in BAGS. The friends you can just be with, no overthinking, no explaining… and making a little space for that kind of connection.
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This week: just say “Let’s go”
On sunshine energy and not overthinking it. The last-minute lunch, the walk with a friend, and the magic of just saying, let’s go.
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This week: Reach out to one girlfriend
On the friendships where you laugh a little louder and leave feeling more like yourself. This week, reach out to one girlfriend who feels like home.
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Start unpacking yourself
We are so good at cleaning out our closets… and not so great at unpacking what we carry inside. A little spring cleaning, girlfriend style.
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A little sunshine changes everything
On standing in a patch of sunlight in the kitchen and letting it count. Little moments, easy brightness, and how a little sunshine changes everything.
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Returning back to yourself
Spring doesn’t demand transformation, it simply invites it. On outgrowing quietly, returning to yourself gently… in the company of women who understand.
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Unpacking surprises for you
On the quiet exhale of clocks springing forward. Winters of the heart, springs of perspective… and permission to begin again, even when nothing around us has changed.
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Hey Girlfriend! March Issue #2
On the honesty that only comes with lived experience. Lifelong friends, breakups, reconnections, unexpected grace… the seasons of friendship that shaped Girl, Unpack That!
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Hey Girlfriend! March Issue #1
March, the in-between month. Still snow on the ground, something softer in the air… and how BAGS quietly helps us carry things no longer than we need to.
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Hey Girlfriend! February Issue #4
After all the hearts and flowers, a reminder that some of the most meaningful love has nothing to do with romance at all. It’s the love we share with our girlfriends.
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Hey Girlfriend! February Issue #3
There are trips you take, and there are trips that change you… the getaway that became the heartbeat of Girl, Unpack That!
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Hey Girlfriend! February Issue #2
An old relic from college, a Miss February calendar page, and the girl who showed up without waiting to feel perfect. We love her for it.
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Hey Girlfriend! February Issue #1
On the ride or die she met at nineteen, and a friendship that lasted thirty-seven years. Because endings don’t cancel meaning… they simply mark chapters.
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Unpacking the Week, Together
On gratitude, not the performative kind but the quiet noticing kind. Women who listen, conversations that lighten the load, and a community growing with intention.
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Unpacking Friendship, One Honest Moment at a Time
On comparison, the sneaky kind that dresses itself up as motivation. Someone else’s chapter doesn’t invalidate yours. Let’s choose presence over pressure.
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A Little Lift for Your Heart This Week
On noticing how often we rush ourselves. Softness over pressure, imaginary deadlines loosened… because slow is still forward, and we’re walking together.
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Welcome, Girlfriend. You’re in the Right Place
Where it all began. On the things we carry without realizing they’re weighing us down… and choosing, gently, not to make them ours to keep.
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