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My New Year’s Revolution
Maybe I don't have to spend the rest of my life fighting myself. I don't want to spend my entire life fighting my own existence, and then just die. That's not how I want to live.
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A Magnet Cured My Treatment-Resistant Depression
A year ago, I was coming to terms with my treatment-resistant depression diagnosis. Today I sent an email saying, "Just writing to tell you how GOOD I feel!" as tears streamed down my cheeks. A lot can change in a year.
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5 Tips For Trying On Clothes When You’re Uncomfortable In Your Body
Clothes are meant to fit your body. If the clothes don't fit, get new clothes, not a new body.
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That One Time My Anorexia Won Me $1000
If you knew me during my Beachbody/weight loss/fitness days, I owe you an apology.
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Grieving My Sick Body & The Thin Ideal, And Embracing The Body I DO Have
Society says a smaller body is better than a larger body. Society is wrong.
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The S-Word We’re All A Little Bit Scared Of
There's an S-word it seems we're all a little bit scared of. No matter how old we are, where we come from, our educational background, occupation, whatever...I've found that most people are afraid of this S-word.
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Hurricane Ana
I haven't written much lately. There's no real reason for that. I mean, besides trying to simultaneously survive a global pandemic, a blizzard (in Texas), a hurricane, a full-time job, full-time school, and full-time recovery, that is...
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This Is My Home
This poem was inspired by an accidental line drawn on a post-it note. It looked almost like the outline of a woman's hip, so I drew the rest of her figure, and then started writing.
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Dear Medical Field: DO BETTER.
I'm writing this with tears streaming down my face. My lip is quivering, my eyes burning, my chest on fire. I'm angry. I'm weary. I'm overwhelmed. And it's not okay.
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We Are More Than Just Bodies
Can we stop congratulating weight loss yet? Can we find a new way to encourage one another? Because you and I are so much more than just bodies.
