Healing out loud
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Autumn Is My Therapy: Why Fall Feels Like Permission
Why does fall feel so good for your mental health? On softer light, lower expectations, and the season that gives us permission to slow...
Suicide Warning Signs Every Adult Should Know
The spoken, behavioral, and harder-to-spot warning signs of suicide — including the one almost nobody knows — and what to actually do if you...
What Actually Happens When You Call 988
Who answers, what they ask, and what happens next — an honest, plain-English walkthrough of calling or texting the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
What My 12-Year-Old Beagle Taught Me About Rest
Bailey has never earned a nap in his life. He takes them anyway. On senior dogs, duck diplomacy, and everything my beagle knows about...
What to Say (and What Not to Say) When Someone You Love Isn't Okay
What actually helps when someone you love is struggling — and the well-meaning phrases that don't. From someone who's been on both sides of...
Mental Health Gifts That Don't Say "Get Well Soon"
A gift guide for the people doing the work — friends in therapy, therapists, the burnt out, and the grieving. Hand-drawn gifts from $5,...
Tomorrow Needs You: The Story Behind Three Words
Why I drew "Tomorrow Needs You," what the three words actually mean, and how every order supports the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. September...
My Sketchbook Figured It Out Before I Did
I drew four Halloween designs during the busiest month of my life — and every one of them told me to rest. On burnout,...
What Self-Care Actually Looks Like on a Day That's Falling Apart
Not the bubble-bath version. The version where, on one of the hardest days, self-care meant eating lunch, cuddling my dog, and letting the evening...
Every Time I Ask to Be Paid, I Hear My Father's Voice
I was taught that asking was greedy. Thirteen years of evidence says otherwise. On money wounds, inherited appraisals, and finally naming your price.
The Strawberry Experiment
My therapist bet me I could take 30 minutes for myself without everything collapsing. What happened when I finally ate the strawberries on my...
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