What Is Nostalgia, Really? Sometimes it begins with a film. You’re watching Strangers When We Meet — the soft lighting, the composed women, the quiet suburban kitchens — and suddenly your throat tightens. It isn’t the storyline that moves…

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I'm Amanda, the creator of Claiming Life, welcome to my site.
As a Bereavement Counselor, Montessori teacher, English Teacher, and writer. I have dedicated my life to the pursuit of knowledge and meaningful experiences.
I live by the following belief "Life is an acquisition of memories, for in the end that's all there is." As someone who has had to navigate through personnel losses, I understand the uphill battle of retaining hope and healing. I found to claim life, knowledge is your power..

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What Is Nostalgia, Really? Sometimes it begins with a film. You’re watching Strangers When We Meet — the soft lighting, the composed women, the quiet suburban kitchens — and suddenly your throat tightens. It isn’t the storyline that moves…

Echoes in the Cobblestones: A Night at MOOo by the Castle and the Unbroken Spirit of Milada Horáková From the sun-drenched vineyards of Cape Town to the mist-kissed hills of Prague, travel has always felt like stepping into overlapping worlds….

What These Women Teach Us About Living Gently and Fully Bohemian is often mistaken for an aesthetic.Flowing dresses, undone hair, baskets and bare feet. But for the women who truly embodied it, bohemian was never about how they looked.It was…

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Claiming Yourself with Grace Welcome to Series 2 of Claiming Life Magazine! I’m Mandy, and this issue celebrates the quiet power of claiming yourself—just as Audrey Hepburn did with effortless grace. She rose from hardship to stardom, created timeless style,…

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What you will find in this issue 🌸 Soft Living Is the New Strength Why Intentional Women Are Choosing Less — and Living More Positivity as Alignment, Not Pressure The Icon of Quiet Authority: Catherine Deneuve 2026 is…

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Each December, nearly half a million women arrive at Claiming Life looking not for perfection, but for presence.Not for more things, but for more meaning. This is the season we pause.We soften.We return to the women who shape us —…

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