Perspectives

Last weekend I was cleaning out my closet, and I came across a pair of shorts. And when I say a pair of shorts, I really…

Sally Yates is making political headlines as Congressional hearings call into question past Trump mistakes – the travel …

**Trigger warnings for abuse and suicidal thoughts** By anonymous I’ve been attending psychotherapy for just about two y…

About four weeks into my maternity leave it was clear that I was going to need more nursing tops for when I brought my s…

I found the playlist I wanted on Spotify as I pulled into the pharmacy parking lot and was loathe to go through the proc…

I was driving with my infant son in the backseat of my car, trying not to open the box of donut holes in the front seat …

There are some of us out there who seem to have drunk from the Fountain of Youth. Blessed with smooth skin and chubby ch…

I never used to think of myself as an ambitious person. Anyone who judges me on the surface-level probably still wouldn’…

Recently, Prince Harry announced that he has been in counseling after years of not addressing the passing of his mother,…

At sixteen, you have the whole world at your feet, and by celebrating this rite of passage, your friends and family come…

With Easter approaching, I’ve been thinking a lot about that sacred 1990’s Easter tradition — no, not the eg…

As long as I can remember, my life has been peppered with the notion of following your dreams. I am lucky enough to have…

Let me preface by saying that I’m a big advocator for technology. At an individual-level, I can connect with friends fro…

I am a generally very happy person. In fact, that may even seem like an understatement. I’m one of those people who love…

I spend my 32nd birthday in Cuba. La Habana is a dirty, smelly, crumbling city where men leer at me and the hot air that…

I know I’m not the only one who’s ever lamented not having enough time and yearned for at least one more hour in the day…

They all killed her. That’s the tagline Netflix used in the trailer for a new series premiering in March, 13 Reasons Why…

It was the Spring of 2011 and I was sitting on one side of a long, glossy conference room table. I watched as beads of c…

Hey you. Yes, you, with the broken heart, puffy eyes, and “I just got dumped” written across your face in watery tracks …

It was hour 29 of an unmedicated labor. I was exhausted, but the nurses kept telling me I was doing great. It was finall…