How to Talk About Your Mental Illness With a Loved One
The scariest part of your mental health journey can often be talking to others about it. When I first learned about my social anxiety and…
The scariest part of your mental health journey can often be talking to others about it. When I first learned about my social anxiety and…
It’s one-o’clock in the morning and I’m trudging up a steep cobblestone hill from our late-night meal. I’m cursing my falling-apart flip-flops, our early morning…
The summer after college, I was living the new-grad dream. I had secured a job at a nonprofit in Dallas and was spending my summer…
Recently, my friend texted me and asked me to pray for her grandmother who was ill. Right that moment, I stopped working on my homework…
When I get overwhelmed trying to find a good work-life balance, friendships are often one of the first things to fall by the wayside. Friendships…
For most of my teens and early 20s, I had this idea that the best way to deal with discomfort or conflict was to pretend…
A few years ago, I accepted an internship opportunity and moved to New York City from Boston. I felt comfortable moving somewhere totally new because…
I never had a problem making friends as a kid. Stranger danger was not in my vocabulary — everyone was a potential friend. I could…
Even if you cringe at the thought of confrontation, at some point or another, you will encounter an uncomfortable moment of reckoning. Disagreements happen. Misunderstandings…
Depression is a disease of isolation. I make this claim because depressed people spend a lot of time in their head, with their own thoughts.…