For Here Please | What If My Need Is a Gift?
I’ve been getting lessons in receptivity. I didn’t sign up for them, at least not formally. Maybe my heart or soul did, an unofficial contract with the universe. Maybe [...]
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Why Are We Still Shaming Single Women?
This article began with a phone call. A friend called to lament about a friend who experienced a crisis of faith because no matter how beautiful, accomplished, and kind she [...]
Personal Essays | Burn the Pages & Keep Going
The past teaches us important lessons about where we do and do not want to go, but we also need to let go. [...]
Personal Essays | Why I Didn’t Run
*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 Essays | The Chapter I Don’t Read Out Loud
It is said that everyone has a chapter that they don’t read out loud. The why is different for everyone. Why they choose to not share that chapter can root in many [...]
Sweatpants & Soul | What the Dirt Taught Me
The ground below me suddenly releases and I start to slide. My feet do a clumsy dance in their hiking sandals as they try to find solid footing. Panic instantly rises as my [...]
Sweatpants & Parenting | Turns Out Everyone is Fine
I came home from work the other night intending to enjoy some coconut ice cream with hot fudge before bed. It had been a long day and I was ready to put my feet up and [...]
Sweatpants & Relationships | The Duality of a Soulmate
Guest writer Rachel Tahnee talks about navigating a relationship between two damaged forces of nature. [...]
Sweatpants & Sanity | Anniversaries
Writer Stephanie Norton celebrates her anniversary with the therapist who has helped her survive her mental illness and motherhood. [...]
Sweatpants & Books | Mental Health Reading List
Living with a mental illness can feel isolating, hopefully, these books will remind those of you battling with these disorders that you are not alone. [...]
