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Sweatpants & Self Care | How to Keep Your Sanity Through Grief Anniversaries

June 10, 2018 // 0 Comments

As April rolls into May each year, I begin to feel the waves of major depression. Fuzzy thinking, sleeping all the time or not at all, no appetite versus wanting to eat all [...]

Personal Essays | Burn the Pages & Keep Going

May 25, 2018 // 0 Comments

The past teaches us important lessons about where we do and do not want to go, but we also need to let go. [...]

5 Reasons You Should Make Small Changes in Your Life

May 19, 2018 // 0 Comments

Everyone has a routine that they go through each day that they’re used to having. For some people the most important part of their routine is having fresh coffee before [...]

How I’m Coming to Radically Accept My Life as a Young Adult with Fibromyalgia

May 15, 2018 // 1 Comment

Note: I wrote this article for “The Mighty” back in spring 2016 when I was on leave from social work grad school. During that time, I was unable to work or go to school. [...]

30 Unique Skills of People Who Live with Chronic Health Conditions

May 6, 2018 // 0 Comments

People often think of disabled people in terms of what they lack, but here are a few remarkable gifts that we have. A list of spoonie skills for those of us who live with [...]

Personal Essays | Why I Didn’t Run

April 24, 2018 // 0 Comments

*Content Note: The following essay contains descriptions of rape* I wake alone in my dorm room, step over a man’s crumpled boxer shorts and head to my shared bathroom on [...]

Personal Essay | I Have Measured My Life in Coffee Spoons

April 16, 2018 // 0 Comments

For every season of life, there is an essential cup of coffee along for the ride. [...]

Personal Essay | The Strength in Weaknesses

February 28, 2018 // 0 Comments

The first thing that comes to mind when I think of Minnesota is corn. Lots of it. Like, you are literally surrounded by corn. The second thing that comes to mind when I think [...]

5 Impactful TED Talks That Are Worth Hearing

February 20, 2018 // 0 Comments

I’m a student at seminary. I spend the vast majority of my time thinking about the deeper parts of life, what might come after life, and how we bring the two together by [...]