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Brooke Kochel RN

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Nov 9, 2021

Sweet Body, Sweet Breasts — Why Have You Forsaken Me?

Failed birth. Failed breastfeeding. Failed female body.

A pregnant woman doing prenatal yoga, concerned about weight gain in pregnancy.

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The Shortform

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Brooke Kochel RN

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Nov 8, 2021

Witches (or Wiccans) Are On the Rise

Making up 0.4% of Americans’ religious diversity and growing

Witches (or Wiccans) Are On the Rise

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The Shortform

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Brooke Kochel RN

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Nov 6, 2021

I’m a Nurse, in Time Out, in Quarantine

And I’m mad, finally…

A mad nurse with an angel’s halo because her patient was unvaccinated for Covid/Coronavirus. She’s exposed to Covid-19, now in quarantine. A simple vaccine could have prevented this.

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Writers’ Blokke

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Brooke Kochel RN

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Nov 3, 2021

Medium Tweeted My Story— How I Became a Featured Writer in 2 Months

Featured authors discuss the ins and outs of the honor

Medium’s Twitter account boasts 2.2 Million followers. While only following 338 accounts, Brooke Kochel RN is one of the chosen few.

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Oct 31, 2021

A Curated Halloween Collection on Witches, Devils, Snakes & Death

Fall was full of dark delights. Come read these twisted tales.

A witch on Halloween casts a deadly spell with magic lights in her hands. She lures you in for tales of death, snakes, Covid, Coronavirus, Covid-19. Read these spooky stories now.

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An Injustice!

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Brooke Kochel RN

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Oct 29, 2021

The Year Satanic Panic & Evangelicals Cancelled Halloween

Millennia-old baby killing memes are still alive & well in conservative and religious circles

A young girl in an angel costume says a prayer before trick-or-treating during Satanic Panic in the ’80s. How fundamentalists Christians do Halloween.

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Better Humans

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Brooke Kochel RN

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Oct 28, 2021

How To Save a Life — From Suicide

She said she was suicidal, but I was prepared. You will be too.

Colorful letters cut from a magazine spell the word suicide. It’s in effect a suicide note.

Brooke Kochel RN

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Oct 28, 2021

I Once Loved a Witch

We have hearts too, ya know

I Once Loved a Witch

Brooke Kochel RN

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Oct 22, 2021

May You Never — A Haiku

A poem about the suffering I pray you’ll never know

May You Never — A Haiku

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An Injustice!

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Brooke Kochel RN

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Oct 21, 2021

May You Never Know the Pain I’ve Witnessed As a COVID Nurse

A blessing, a warning, a chance to heed them both

A woman clasps her hands in prayer. Silver rings adorn her fingers.

Brooke Kochel RN

Brooke Kochel RN

Mama, Midwife, Shamanista: Just a gypsy soul learning to grow roots. Featured & Tweeted by Medium. Words in Better Humans, An Injustice & The Pink.

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