Lately, I have been examining the way I respond to admiration or compliments from others. The compliment might […]
Category Archive: Living & believing
I’ve been progressing through Sam Harris’ Waking Up app and I really like it. He sometimes asks us […]
Granted, the title would not have immediately caught my eye in a bookshop, as one is not a […]
Society is divided, or certainly feels so (even if the pandemic has brought us together a little). This […]
Society is divided, or certainly feels so (even if the pandemic has brought us together a little). This […]
I am writing this at a moment of feeling overwhelmed and profoundly sad. As a woman facing fertility […]
When you’ve not been able to have a child, it sometimes feels like not a moment goes by […]
I have a situational anxiety problem, related to any kind of performative speaking at work – talking in […]
I have lived with an anxiety problem for 18 years. It began in early adulthood at a time […]
I have encountered some people, most of them men, who avoid the expression of vulnerability or suffering. In […]
Those of us who wanted, but couldn’t have, children have a tremendous amount of pain lingering inside of […]
Around the age of 9, I had an epiphany. I was feeling frustrated, reflecting on a debate with […]
For many, this weekend marks the first proper chance to indulge after 31 long days of sobriety. I […]
For most of us doing IVF, there’s no clear end-point. It’s left to us find our own limits. […]
I know someone very beautiful. Her name’s Anna. If I am ever with Anna in public, I am […]
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