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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…
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☕ The Psychology Behind Your Favorite Brew: What Your Coffee Order Might Say About You
Coffee culture isn’t just a vibe. It’s a personality test, a coping strategy, and sometimes, a mirror held up to our nervous system. We’ve all chuckled at the…
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When You Love People Who Hurt You: Grief, Estrangement, and the Myth of Reconciliation
There’s a myth we don’t talk about enough: the idea that love should be unconditional, no matter what. That if someone is family, by blood, marriage, or proximity,…
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Grief and Grits: Holding Space for Loss in the South
Down here, we don’t just grieve, we casserole. When someone passes, we show up with covered dishes, our best manners, and at least one relative who says something…
