Taking Care

Combating Your Inner Critic

In second grade, I got really into journaling. I’m not sure if it came from my obsession with Harriet the Spy or just a desire to add meaning ...

I have a confession to make: I’m an excellent sleeper. Perhaps it’s an odd thing to be particularly proud of past the tender age of two yet here...

Wellness

I recently turned 30 and also recently became unemployed. It took me three weeks to tell my mom and almost two months to tell my dad that I deci...

For most of my life, I’ve been taught my physical wellbeing is important. Throughout my twenties, I followed the advice of doctors, trainers, gi...

They say addicts will always be addicts. They are right— I should know, I am one. It has taken years for me to separate my addiction from my sel...

Well, let’s start from the beginning. It was spring of 2015 when I woke up with acute pain on my right side, concentrated in my upper back and h...

Self Practice

“BURN! BURN! BURN! FEEL THE FIRE INSIDE OF YOU! DO YOU FEEL IT?” {voice softens} “You’ll see, when you feel that fire burning in your stomach – ...

Design

I am a type-A doer, go-getter, list-obsessed person by nature. This has usually served me well. Helping me to set high goals and work steadily t...