Author Traci Foust describes her bumpy ride getting off and on pharmaceutical drugs, and dealing with mental illness as a child and as a single mother. My mother was 41 when she stopped taking her Lithium. For years she’d struggled with the side effects: weight gain, chronic dehydration, skin rashes. She chose instead to treat […]
Making bad choices can certainly lead to bad outcomes, but so can making good choices. No matter how hard you work to stay healthy, we are all going to die, says Emily Rapp. All of us are called to “take charge” of our health, as if health were a wild animal and we, out of […]
Originally appeared on The Daily Life. Republished here with permission. It must be nice to be a “natural beauty.” To be gorgeous without effort or even interest. This type of beauty is perhaps the most impressive. It’s like being a piano prodigy, except that you don’t even have to touch the keys. You can just […]
For many creative people, their work is not an “outlet,” it is as important as spending time with their children, finding love, and even breathing, says Nigel Featherstone. At the beginning of a flight recently I dutifully watched the flight attendant go through the safety instructions, which is a drill that’s been so drummed into […]
Emily Rapp says women are often branded “hysterical” and men are labeled “rageful” when they “take things personally,” and that isn’t fair. “Personal” by Tony Hoagland Don’t take it personal, they said;but I did, I took it all quite personal— the breeze and the river and the color of the fields;the price of grapefruit and […]
How can you tell someone the truth about your past when there’s a good chance they won’t believe you? I am part of a minority group that I call “People with a Big Story” for lack of a better term. People with Big Stories have two things in common. First, something has happened in their […]
This originally appeared on The Frisky. Republished here with permission. The June issue of Allure has the usual headlines about what beauty products to buy and how to get good hair and better skin. Also thrown into the sexy, sun-kissed mix is this tidbit of information about their cover girl: “Zoe Saldana: 115 Pounds Of […]
This originally appeared on JaysonGaddis.com. Republished here with permission. I was emotionally shut down for years. Every woman I dated had to deal with my inability to identify a feeling. She would ask, “Hey is something bothering you?” I would reply, “No, I’m fine” with a hint of defensiveness. The closest I ever came to […]
