Diet Series: Naomi's Story
Disclaimer: Graphic medical details included, TW: Eating disorder My friends all know to let me pick the restaurant – or, at the very least, to tell me where we’re going so I can look at the menu in advance, to […]
The Mystery Illness: Part 3, Healing
Part 3 of this series is the final part until I develop new, weird symptoms or I am a few years out, writing a reflection piece.
How to Shop Responsibly This Year
The Holidays are a great way to spend some quality time with friends and family, but greed and other interests can get in the way. Make this year what the holidays are supposed to represent: love and quality time with family […]
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A Box of Damaged Photographs
Tell me it’s okay. I know it’s not, but I want you to tell me anyway. The world is passing by in a wisp of smoke and I’ve lost sight of the ground. Tell me who you are, who I […]
Diet Series: Anna's Story
I ate meat and dairy every single day for the first 21 years of my life. I always thought vegetarians and vegans were extremists who weren’t living life right. Then, on a random afternoon in late December 2014, I decided […]
Diet Series: How Healthy are Popular Diets?
This one’s long. It may be my longest post ever, like Wait But Why style. Get ready. Gluten is bad, meat is bad. You should avoid processed sugars, dairy, soy. We hear it over and over again. A new study […]
The Mystery Illness: Part 2, Finding "The Cure"
I arrived at Boston Logan around 8 in the morning. The flight had been a red eye because it was the earliest I could get at such short notice out of Los Angeles. I couldn’t sleep at all even though […]
Crying on Airplanes
A few years ago, I was on a connecting flight from Little Rock to Albany, on one of those teensy planes for people flying from one weird place to another. The woman who had the aisle seat next to me […]
15 Proven Ways To Destress
Lately I’ve been trying to get my mind away from the hustle and bustle of social media. Facebook, especially, rack with political bullshit, destroys my mood and creates unnecessary anxiety. It seems as though everyone lately is wrought with depression […]