From the cobbled streets of Kraków to the glittering salons of Paris, New York, and London, Helena Rubinstein proved that courage, determination, and vision can change the course of a woman’s life forever. A Young Girl with Bigger Dreams Long…

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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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From the cobbled streets of Kraków to the glittering salons of Paris, New York, and London, Helena Rubinstein proved that courage, determination, and vision can change the course of a woman’s life forever. A Young Girl with Bigger Dreams Long…

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The Discovery That Changed the World There are moments in history when everything changes. Not all of them happen in palaces, parliaments, or on battlefields. Sometimes they happen quietly. Sometimes they happen in a cramped laboratory, in a drafty shed,…

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Grief, Glory, and the Courage to Continue Some stories would end with the discovery. The breakthrough. The recognition. The moment the world finally notices. Marie Curie’s story did not. The years that followed brought both extraordinary triumph and devastating loss….

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A new story — and the woman behind it By Amanda Scully · ClaimingLife.com · June 2026 There is a story I needed to write. Not because I planned it, but because it arrived — the way the truest things…

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To Every Woman Who Refused to Disappear There is an apartment in Paris. It is in Saint-Germain-des-Prés — the Left Bank, the literary quarter, the neighbourhood where the twentieth century was argued into existence over coffee and the particular…

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To Every Woman Who Was Brave Enough to Walk Away From Everything — And Choose Herself Instead There is a small white house with blue shutters on the Route des Canebiers in Saint-Tropez.It sits right on the water. The Mediterranean…

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