The First Two Weeks of School Are Not a Personal Problem
Back-to-school lands almost entirely on women and nobody at work plans for it. Why the last week of August flattens you, and what is actually happening.
You Stopped Going to Church and You Haven’t Told Anyone Why
You did not lose your faith. You ran out. For the woman who served everyone and quietly stopped going.
Why September Is Harder Than the Holidays When You’re a Nurse
The summer care gap, the school forms, the shifts you cannot move. If September flattens you every year, you are not weak and you are not alone.
Even God Rested: Permission for the Woman Who Never Stops
We have made a badge out of exhaustion. We admire the woman who never stops, and quietly, we are becoming
From Soap to Hope: How I Learned to Heal Myself
It started with soap. Years ago, at my kitchen table, I was making natural soaps and creams to heal a
Caring Is Not Carrying: The Boundary That Set Me Free
One sentence changed my entire life, so let me give it to you: there is a difference between loving people
The Strong Friend Nobody Checks On
Everybody has a strong friend. Almost nobody asks the strong friend how she is really doing. If that is you,
The Responsible One: When You Became Everyone’s Fixer
There is a moment, usually late at night, when the responsible one finally sits down and realizes she is holding
The Tired That Sleep Can’t Fix: A Word for the Woman Everyone Depends On
There is a kind of tired that sleep cannot fix. If you are the woman everyone depends on, the one