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The Permission Slip

The quiet places where people wait for approval to feel, leave, rest, want, or refuse.

100 episodes209,630 words

Episode index

All 100 episodes

  1. 001Permission to Be Tired2,348 words
  2. 002Permission to Be Angry2,542 words
  3. 003Permission to Need Help2,389 words
  4. 004Permission to Be Ordinary2,184 words
  5. 005Permission to Want Better2,047 words
  6. 006Permission to Leave Early2,077 words
  7. 007Permission to Say No Without a Trial2,099 words
  8. 008Permission to Change Your Mind2,031 words
  9. 009Permission to Be Bad at First2,027 words
  10. 010Permission to Stop Explaining1,996 words
  11. 011Permission to Take Up Space2,016 words
  12. 012Permission to Dress Like You Mean It2,015 words
  13. 013Permission to Eat Enough2,021 words
  14. 014Permission to Be Seen Trying2,011 words
  15. 015Permission to Be Embarrassing2,064 words
  16. 016Permission to Be Unimpressive2,022 words
  17. 017Permission to Rest Before Collapse2,031 words
  18. 018Permission to Be Bored2,120 words
  19. 019Permission to Want More Than Gratitude2,132 words
  20. 020Permission to Disappoint the Family2,046 words
  21. 021Permission to Outgrow Your Friends2,300 words
  22. 022Permission to Leave the Group Chat2,194 words
  23. 023Permission to Want a Different Life2,153 words
  24. 024Permission to Quit the Good on Paper Job2,118 words
  25. 025Permission to Ask for More Money2,168 words
  26. 026Permission to Not Love Work2,127 words
  27. 027Permission to Stop Being Available2,109 words
  28. 028Permission to Be Private2,110 words
  29. 029Permission to Want Sex Without a Thesis2,216 words
  30. 030Permission to Not Want Sex on Cue2,090 words
  31. 031Permission to Be Single on Purpose2,206 words
  32. 032Permission to Leave the Relationship2,003 words
  33. 033Permission to Not Be the Bigger Person2,064 words
  34. 034Permission to Stop Translating Everyone2,226 words
  35. 035Permission to Refuse the Family Role2,179 words
  36. 036Permission to Not Forgive Yet2,086 words
  37. 037Permission to Keep the Boundary When They Cry2,037 words
  38. 038Permission to Need Reassurance2,043 words
  39. 039Permission to Be Hard to Reach2,069 words
  40. 040Permission to Need More Than Low Maintenance Love2,055 words
  41. 041Permission to Start Late2,019 words
  42. 042Permission to Be an Amateur2,060 words
  43. 043Permission to Make Ugly Art2,141 words
  44. 044Permission to Repeat Yourself2,082 words
  45. 045Permission to Borrow Before You Find Your Voice2,045 words
  46. 046Permission to Take Yourself Seriously2,077 words
  47. 047Permission to Publish Before You Feel Ready2,056 words
  48. 048Permission to Have Taste Without Credentials2,065 words
  49. 049Permission to Change Aesthetic Midlife2,076 words
  50. 050Permission to Make Work Some People Hate2,048 words