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“Your husband cannot read your mind.”
But that excuse doesn’t cover bullying silence either… When I saw the repost that said, “Your husband cannot read your mind. If you’re upset about a need or…
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When Helping Becomes Controlling: Trauma, Care Systems & Power
I opened this piece: for you, for me, for everyone who’s ever sat across from a therapist. It’s for those who have been wheeled into a psychiatric ward…
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How Music Heals: What a Conan Gray Concert Taught Me About Connection and Community
There’s a moment at every concert where everything shifts. The lights dim. The noise rises. And for a second, it feels like everyone in the room is holding…
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The Psychology of Petty: Why Being a Little Petty Sometimes Saves Your Sanity
TL;DR (aka the petty summary) No, you’re not a villain for quietly blocking a chaos gremlin, leaving a rude text on read, or refusing to explain yourself the…
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Healing Is Messy: 5 Tools That Saved Me (That Aren’t in Therapy Worksheets)
Let’s be honest: healing is not the perfectly lit yoga pose Instagram makes it out to be. Healing is sobbing in your car at the grocery store. It’s…
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When Healing Makes You Weird (and Why That’s a Good Thing)
You ever notice how healing turns you into that person? The one politely Irish-exiting the party at 9 p.m. because “boundaries,” the one journaling at brunch while everyone…
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How Southern Hospitality Gaslights Your Boundaries
The Myth of Southern Hospitality Southern hospitality is sold like sweet tea at a church potluck. Bottomless, syrupy, and free-flowing. It’s the cultural brand stamped on every porch…
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Clean Girl Aesthetic Is Just Diet Perfectionism… and It’s Gaslighting My Nervous System
If I see one more video of a girl in a perfectly beige apartment, sipping matcha in slow motion while her Dyson Airwrap curls bounce in the sunlight,…
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Why Trauma Survivors Are the Funniest People You Know
You ever meet someone who can have you crying-laughing in a gas station parking lot while casually mentioning their third stint in therapy? That’s not a coincidence. That’s…
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Southern Gothic, Sweet Tea, and PTSD: Why the South Is Haunted in More Ways Than One
There’s a reason every Southern story starts with a porch, a secret, and someone pretending everything’s just fine. The sweet tea is strong, the hospitality is performative, and…
