Since I created my blog, I have had several people reach out to me to thank me for my “honesty.” But in hindsight, I haven’t been...

For years, and perhaps my entire life, I have been a ship – a defective ship sailing across a large body of water. I selected the word...

During my divorce, I began dating way too soon. If you asked my best friend, my therapist, my parents, and my colleagues if I should have...

When I was going through the trenches of divorce — which included moving out of my home, finding new living arrangements, taking extended...

I accomplished something today that I feel I wouldn’t have been able to accomplish a year ago … at least not without losing significant...

Part I. As we approach April (which has nothing to do with the timeline of my divorce), I am overflowing with feelings of gratitude –...

I was afraid to start a blog because I have tried blogging before. I build the website. I write one blog. I never blog again. My track...

“I am a whole person.” My last annual review at work did not go well. I was used to nothing but STELLAR, GLOWING reviews, and I crumbled....

When I was at my all-time low, my therapist implemented “time chunking” – which, quite literally saved me. I was incapable of...

“You know how much I hate that everybody just expects me to bounce back.” Dear Matt, It’s my time to heal now. And it took time—serious...

One year ago today (November 15, I am publishing a day early), my whole life was swept from under me, and quite frankly, I lost my entire...

Grace. It is something I have worked on in therapy for months and months and months, yet I am not grasping it. Grace with myself, that...

My therapist recently gave me a homework assignment. I was instructed to list 100 things I love about myself. “100?!” I exclaimed. “I...

Relapse: A deterioration in someone's state of health after a temporary improvement. It felt too click-baity to use the term "relapse"...

Do you have an "all-time-low?" When I think of mine, it's a two month stretch that started on my 30th birthday. Yeah, two months. Without...

A lot of the time, my depression co-exists with my sadness. And sure, that sucks. But it at least feels natural. "I am sad and...

I was catching every red light on my way to therapy. EVERY ONE. I rushed in, unsettled, exclaiming, "I'm late!" She said, "Lauren, you...

“You look GREAT. So tiny!” I replied, “Because I am not eating.” The words just came out of my fucking mouth. Like vomit. Like my food. I...