Eat the Gelato: How Finding Balance Healed My Relationship With Food
Growing up, my identity was bound together with being an athlete. I played three sports, and it was a rare day when I didn’t have…
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Say Yes the Next Time Someone Offers to Help
Last month, I was having a pretty rough go of things: My husband was out of town for an extended period, leaving me solo parenting…
What Happened When I Put Down My Phone and Picked up a Book
Go somewhere new, try something new, and read something new. Those were the monthly commitments I made to myself at the start of the year.…
How to Stay Creative Even When You’re Busy
“The desire to create is one of the deepest yearnings of the human soul.” — Dieter F. Uchtdorf I stumbled upon this quote while in…
The Beginner’s Guide to Getting Outside
When I relocated to south central Pennsylvania after college, one of the first things I noticed was the endless beauty of the region in the…
Neither ‘Rain Man’ Nor Elon Musk: 5 Misconceptions I Face as a Person with Autism
With Elon Musk and Greta Thunberg making headlines, the series “Atypical” generating enough interest for Netflix to renew it for a fourth season, and corporations…
5 Lessons From My Most Unconventional College Course
Last spring, I added a slightly unusual class to my standard college English and history courses. Adventure Games was one of the most popular courses…
Questions to Ask Before You Rent an Apartment
After renting housing for my whole adult life (nearly a decade and a half) I thought I’d become savvy at finding great places. That is,…
Hunting For an Internship? Here Are 4 Things That Kept Me Rooted
As a motivated freshman in college determined to get that bread, I commenced a hunt for a summer internship in March 2021 during my second…
Don’t Be Afraid to Invest, Even When Money Feels Tight
I get it, I really do. As an “elder” millennial who still hasn’t paid off all of my debt (looking at you, student loans), I’ve…
