Grief

What I've Learned About Grieving After Seven Years

Healing is never a linear process. After seven years without my father, I'm sharing what I've learned about grief.

Challenges

An Anxiety and Flea Update

Do you know what doesn't mix? Contamination OCD and FLEAS! That's what! I'm fine. It's fine. Everything is FINE.

Acceptance

The Problem With the Way We Think We Look

Let's talk about negative self-image and critical self-talk.

Life Lately

Our Fall Wedding at Yesterday Spaces

All the details of our October wedding in the Blue Ridge Mountains.

Lessons

How to Protect Your Energy When Life is Hard

Six strategies to help you cope when life feels overwhelming.

Inside My Brain

When Anxiety Takes Control (Thoughts From Therapy)

OK. Here's the thing: I kind of feel like I'm going insane.

Challenges

The Frantic Fantastic Flea Fiasco of 2018™

That time my indoor cat got fleas, and I was diagnosed with OCD, I bought a Dyson vacuum and officially became an adult.

Self-Discovery

My Unhealthy Relationship with Healthy Living

A detailed reflection on my life as a "healthy-living blogger" and how diet culture influenced my eating and exercise habits.

Inside My Brain

Depression Is Like...

A personal account of what it's like to experience depression.

Inside My Brain

This Is Writer's Block

Here. Have some thoughts.

Grief

Montauk in September

Reflecting on my father's last visit to Montauk, I share the mix of emotions September brings.

Life Lately

Hi. Hello. I Am Here.

Greetings from a consistently inconsistent narrator (me)!