Nita Sweeney

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Award-winning author Nita Sweeney writes about wellness and consciousness. After a decade of legal practice (and a major depressive episode), Nita turned in her shingle for a fast-writing pen. People still ask legal questions, but she's done her best to forget the answers. Instead of negotiating labor contracts for public agencies, she writes, and shares what she's learned.

Nita's articles, essays, and poems have appeared in Buddhist America, Dog World, Dog Fancy, Men's Health, Writer’s Journal, Country Living, Pitkin Review, Spring Street, WNBA-SF blog, Pencil Storm, It's Not Your Journey, and in several newspapers and newsletters. She blogs and publishes the monthly email, Writ

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