Mental, Self Care Sometimes Being Physically Ill is Being Heartsick Content warning: sexual abuse, trauma I have had urinary tract infections for nine months, almost at a rate of once Kelly Wilson Posted on August 25, 2019
Essays, Mental How Tattoos Tell Our Stories I used to have a bumper sticker—fortunately, never affixed to my car’s bumper—that read, “tattoos: not just for sailors and Jessi-James Grey Posted on July 16, 2019
Mental When Your Trauma Doesn’t Fit the Image of PTSD I’ve run a blog for the last five years about the intersection of my chronic physical and mental illnesses and my hopes of Emmie Arnold Posted on June 27, 2019
Culture, Self Care When Netflix Traumatizes You Ava DuVernay’s “When They See Us” is a breathtaking masterpiece and searing indictment of the American criminal justice Kerra Bolton Posted on June 23, 2019
Mental, TV, Movies & Recaps Post-Traumatic Growth & Why Game of Thrones Fascinates Us Warning: contains spoilers for Season 8 Game of Thrones is arguably the most popular television show of all time. With its Guest Author Posted on May 14, 2019
Family, Mental Children Aren’t Angry, They’re Anxious: 8 Ways to Spot Anxiety in Children Almost every week, I receive calls from parents seeking therapy for their “angry,” “aggressive,” or “obnoxious” Guest Author Posted on March 25, 2019
Anxiety Blob, Life, Mental Anxiety Blob | Anxiety Blog: Jumping Back In One of the biggest challenges of living with anxiety is figuring out how to re-enter the world after you’ve been in retreat Nanea Hoffman Posted on January 16, 2019
Mental, Relationships, Self Care That’s What She Said | All I Want for Christmas is to be Made Whole Christmas is hard. Also, that’s what she said. While there are many – quite vocal – people who love the holiday Kelly Wilson Posted on December 19, 2018
Connection, Mental, Self Care Notes from Nanea | Scar-Gazing My dear Sweatpants & Coffee tribe, I’ve been in the mental health trenches lately, as perhaps many of you are, and have Nanea Hoffman Posted on November 29, 2018
Essays, Self Care That’s What She Said | How To Deal With Light When Emerging From Grief It’s hard to have nice things. Really hard. Also, that’s what she said. After I had children and discovered the Kelly Wilson Posted on November 22, 2018