This Year’s Secret

There is an ongoing, sometimes frowned upon, trend to tweet 2019 achievements and accomplishments in a neat listicle format. Things … More

Menstruation Education is Fundamental and Must Become Cyclical: An Essay by a Person with a Period

I got my period for the first time on a Saturday morning in late December. It was the initial day … More

Part II: Playing Pretend – ADHD and Creative Living

We left off at the beginning of a very dark chapter. In 2016, I spent a solid four months on … More

Part I: Playing Pretend – ADHD and Creative Living

I have always felt like I am too much. Too much for most people. One of my first memories of … More

Hate Bait

Content Warning: This blog post contains information about experiences with anxiety, misconceptions of body image and unhealthy relationships with food, … More

I’m sorry I was silent. I’m thankful you’re still here.

I don’t remember a time where I haven’t thought about escaping my problems. Whether it was laying in bed for … More

This is what anxiety feels like

Have you ever felt stuck? Like you’re on a sold-out flight in an airplane that can’t yet move from the … More

The Significance of a Happy Meal

I’ll never forget the poignant moment my father had when he described one of our most important childhood transitions. He … More

This is a story about being frustrated and empowered

For over two years, I commuted from my parents’ house north of Toronto to work in the city and back … More

Go Forth and Be Wild

Christopher Hitchens describes parenthood beautifully by recalling Yeats’ juxtaposition “terrible beauty.” “Nothing can make one so happily exhilarated or so … More

Where we are, and where we might have been

When you’ve finally reached a quarter of a century old, that’s when the truth of mom’s nagging adage starts to … More