A few weeks ago a woman I had never met reached out to me to thank me for writing about the painful decision to end my pregnancy. I was touched. It turned out my blog had been shared on a forum site for women who went through a similar experience I did. When I was going through this last fall, I found solace in these sites because it felt like it was one of the few places I could go to seek comfort in a non-judgemental environment. It was also a place I could seek comfort fro

My job arguably has many perks — making up stories for a living, working with a talented group of people, doing the thing I’ve always dreamed of doing — but, a short working day is not one of them. Couple that with a 30-mile commute (which translates to roughly an hour on a good day and two hours on a bad day… each way), and that means I’m out of the house for at least 12 hours a day. And that doesn’t even take into consideration the days I have therapy or when I have after-w

It’s pretty much a guarantee in life that at some point you will come into conflict with another person. This is just part of being a human being. We’re not all going to agree with each other 100% of the time. Everyone has their own unique viewpoints and perspectives and chances are they will clash with others’ perspectives. That's okay. Most of us can agree to disagree and move on. But, for some of us, we get our feelings hurt and turn simple conflicts into full-blown feuds.

This post was originally published last year, but since it's been an especially anxiety-inducing week, I thought we could all use a refresher. Anxiety is a tricky thing. One minute you can be completely fine, and the next you can't breathe and you feel like the world just wants to swallow you whole. It can be triggered by stressful events, but for a lot of us, it's just something we have to deal with-- with no rhyme or reason as to why. Over the years I've learned to manage m