5.9.26 | đź’› How I Prepared For A Second (HG) Pregnancy
The author, a Los Angeles entrepreneur, recounts conceiving her first daughter during the COVID‑19 lockdown and now preparing for a second pregnancy despite a family history of Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG). She describes how remote work and her husband's reduced travel gave her the privacy to manage severe nausea, while her own HG case was mild but required a long physical and emotional recovery. Drawing on lessons from her first pregnancy, she outlines mental, logistical, and medical steps she took before trying again, emphasizing support systems and proactive health monitoring.
4.18.26 | đź’› 6 Habits that Support Me as a Highly Sensitive Person
The author, a self‑identified highly sensitive person (HSP), shares six daily habits that help her manage overstimulation as a mother living in Los Angeles. She explains how early childhood volatility heightened her sensory awareness, and how urban noise and crowded child‑focused...
4.11.26 | 🌸 It Is Our Earth-Given Birthright to Bloom in the Springtime
The author, a pregnant entrepreneur in her third trimester, recounts a vivid dream that revisits key life milestones—marriage, moving to Los Angeles, launching The Good Trade, and discovering she’s expecting her first child. The dream’s refrain, “get excited,” underscores a...
3.7.26 | 🕊️ Where Do You Go for Comfort?
The Weekend Edit by The Good Trade shares a personal reflection on coping with a heavy week. The editor describes feeling overwhelmed by global news, family challenges, a flu, a hard conversation, a diagnosis, shifting friendships, and a second pregnancy....
How to Find Your Purpose — by Letting Go 🤲
The Good Trade article argues that finding personal purpose begins with the act of letting go—releasing rigid expectations and external validation. It encourages readers to seek moments of presence, whether through nature, meditation, or low‑stimulation TV shows that calm the...
How to Get Out of a Slump 🤷‍♀️
The Good Trade article "How to get out of a slump" offers practical steps for breaking personal inertia, blending mindset shifts with tangible lifestyle tweaks like vegan street tacos, a productivity podcast, and ergonomic pillows. It emphasizes diagnosing the slump’s...