That’s What She Said | Dumb Lies You Need to Know During Hard Times
We tell ourselves dumb lies, especially when times are hard. The voices that live in our heads tell us lies about our value, but here is some truth. [...]
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Sweatpants & Self Care | How to Keep Your Sanity Through Grief Anniversaries
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 [...]
That’s What She Said | Hope Rises in the Poop of Life
I didn’t poop for nine months. I’m being a little dramatic. I didn’t poop regularly for nine months. My system slowed from a steady loaf-pinch each morning to every [...]
That’s What She Said | The Best Grief & Trauma Playlist
My playlists get me through my worst days. Diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, and anxiety, the tough days can come more frequently than I would like, [...]
I’m Not Imagining Things: I Have Misophonia
For as long as I can remember, certain sounds that people make have caused me rage. The word rage isn’t any sort of hyperbole: I have felt compelled to rush up to obnoxious [...]
How to Be Better: 5 Things I Hate When I’m in Crisis
Being in crisis is a bridge that we all have to cross, probably several times within a lifetime. These are the times when our lives are turned upside down, from life changes [...]
Me, Too: A Legacy of Damage
Content warning: sexual assault, violence I scroll through Facebook and see the words scattered through my feed: Me, too. The two-word code to show belonging in a club no one [...]
Living With Passive Suicidal Ideation
A quick content note: the following contains frank discussions of trauma, mental illness, and suicidal ideation. During suicide prevention month, especially in the wake of [...]
Sweatpants & Soul | Soup Ministry
I taught myself how to make soup a few years ago. I was well into my 30s and already a mom. I wanted to make soup the way my mother did, rich with herbs and tubers and the [...]
Sweatpants & Relationships | The Duality of a Soulmate
Guest writer Rachel Tahnee talks about navigating a relationship between two damaged forces of nature. [...]
