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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Flying home from a mastermind retreat with my fellow CEOs in NAWBO (National Association of Women’s Business Owners). Felt incredible to get away but ironically the most powerful part of the weekend happened on the shuttle ride to the airport! A fellow CEO gave me the real help I was craving 🥹

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I’m thinking a lot about Pope Francis, like we all are. He represented the Catholic social justice teaching of the Preferential Option for the Poor better than I have seen it in my lifetime. I will miss his voice, his laughter, and the modesty of how he held his office. May he rest in peace.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Yesterday was my mother’s birthday. She died on New Year’s Day. I cried more yesterday than in all the weeks since I lost her. Death is so irrevocable and that’s the hardest part to adjust to.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The reason I find Bluesky harder to use is that there’s no post-pub edit function. I rely on that little button. Too much? Maybe. But after having it everywhere else online, it’s tough to go without it here.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

I don’t understand how scrubbing websites that showcase our military heroes who are women, people of color or native Americans has anything to do with DEI.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

You know what’s fun? Giving gifts to people who preorder your book! We’ve got a Free the Writer in You guide gor the family and 3 months of my Substack for free! Anyone who orders today will get a sticker from me with a note. HELP! MY KID HATES WRITING! juliebogartwriter.com/help-my-kid-...

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

open.substack.com/pub/juliebog... I’m flabbergasted that the party that believes in local schools, homeschooling and school choice is okay with the federal government interfering with local school curriculum choices.

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Local School Rights Infringed by Federal Government

What happened to the concept that local school districts ought to have more power than the federal government in determining education? Are we really okay with that?

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I can’t believe we are the same nation that was terrified of communist expansion. Mind-blown that Putin is so acceptable to the party of Reagan.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

Sometimes it’s a better use of our energy to find new ways to think than to try to find the right way to think. 🤔

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

I’ve been thinking about individual rights versus community values. This seems to be where ee collide in our attempts to undersand each other’s political perspectives. So I wrote about it here: open.substack.com/pub/bogartju...

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Individual Rights vs. Community Values

Most of our fights with friends, family, and as a nation of citizens live in between these two impulses. I have examples.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

The word of the hour for me is humane. Whether we are in a customer service line or are teaching our kids to spell, how can we relate to the other person humanely? With care? With regard for their dignity?

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

The hardest thing about writing a book about writing is my worry that people hate writing so much they won’t want to read about it. I promise you: this book is entertaining and has so much practical help and reassuring stories and a sense of humor! Also, I wrote it. AI did not.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

On grief: “My mind wanders looking for the missing something—I have this nagging feeling that I am forgetting something or that I’ve messed up somehow or that I need to fix whatever it is, find it, put it away, restore the balance...” bogartjulie.substack.com/p/the-phanto...

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The Phantom Limb

She's just a text away...

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

I had no idea how much fun Substack would feel once I embraced it. It’s actually my favorite version of what blogging and social media combined should feel like. In fact, it feels like a relief. Starting Monday, I’m launching Brave Learning with Julie Bogart. Having a ball building it.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

This is an actionable list that we need right now. Click through.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

The poor, stranger, orphan, outcast, alien, and foreigner have always been the priority of the Gospel. In Catholic circles, they call this emphasis “The Option for the Poor.”

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I’m so tired of the chase for followers and the feeling that the numbers mean something. This last year, I decided to “go small”—focusing on smaller groups in social media and conferences. My life changed! I feel freer to share and more connected. Who knew?

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

If you like my writing, I’m doing something new on Substack called Julie Off Topic. bogartjulie.substack.com/p/headache-a...

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Headache and heartache

Looking for hope

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

I’m here. Blue Sky is an apt name. We need to feel the expanse of the reliable sky above us as we enter what feels like a dark and uncertain period of American history.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

That’s rich: Hegseth saying he wants to lead without political ideology. Translation: our viewpoint is just accurate and neutral. Only the opposition is “ideology.”

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

My mother’s memorial service was yesterday. My daughter wrote a poem to describe her. It was the most beautiful part of the service. My mom, an author of 70 books, lives on in me through my writing and now my daughter…words are our love language.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Cannot believe the terror of the Los Angeles fires right now. Apocalyptic is the right word. Devastated for everyone. These are the scenes of my youth. Breaking my heart 💔

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Dear Algo, send me people interested in critical thinking, being a writer, watching birds, drinking tea, reading books, devotees of Taylor Swift, Friends reruns, and Nora Ephron, homeschoolers, women-owned businesses and those who love California and Ohio!

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

This is my other account where we encourage parents who want a primary role in their children’s education.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Hello Bluesky, where Elon and Zuck have no power. I have a Substack, too, and a blog on my Brave Writer website. Substack: Julie Off Topic Would love to see you here, there and everywhere.

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

It's a pretty twisted justification for putting sexual assaulters in positions of power to say: "Well he isn't running for pastor." Um, pastors have very little actual power (it's all made up!). It seems even MORE important that people with political power not be criminals, no?

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Critical thinking is not the same thing as being "suspicious." Critical thinking requires self awareness. The quickest way to discover you bias is to ask this question each time you read information: "What do I hope will be true?" Immediately you will see your "lean."

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Author Julie Bogart @juliebogart.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

"When all the world is a hopeless jumble and the raindrops tumble all around.... Heaven opens a magic lane." Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue... Happy to be here.

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