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Maintaining a Creative Practice at the End of the World
"I just can't write right now," one of my students said this week. "I sat at my computer for three hours this morning and couldn't write...
Mar 24, 20202 min read
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Why I Never Stop Moving
"You're like a cat," a friend once told me, "you never stop moving." This is true in both a literal and figurative sense. I'm always...
Feb 28, 20201 min read
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Taking Stock
This week, I was telling my therapist that I felt stressed and overwhelmed. I've had so much on my plate that I constantly feel behind,...
Feb 21, 20202 min read
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I Wrote a Love Letter to a Stranger
As a freelance writer, I've taken some pretty random gigs. I once wrote character and plot analysis for Harry Potter and the Sorceror's...
Feb 14, 20202 min read
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Slow Down
I never stop moving. I'm usually juggling several things at once, moving back and forth between them. My to-do list is always a mile...
Feb 7, 20202 min read
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Advocating for Mental Health
This week, I spent the day in the Vermont statehouse in Montpelier for Mental Health Advocacy Day. I get NAMI's (National Alliance on...
Jan 31, 20206 min read
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How to Say "No"
I'm not very good at saying "no." Need a favor? Sure! Invite me to do something? I'll make it work. Want me to work for free or next to...
Jan 17, 20202 min read
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Remember to Do That Thing You Love
Last weekend, I went snowboarding for the first time all season. I live about 20 minutes from Sugarbush and would normally be up there...
Jan 10, 20203 min read
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So long, 2019, and thanks for all the fish!
What a year - wildfires! Hurricanes! Scandals! Impeachment! But 2019 has been a pretty good year for me, even a pretty great year (as...
Dec 31, 20192 min read
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What "Modern Love" Got Right About Bipolar Disorder (And What It Got Wrong)
In the opening scene of Episode 2 of the new Amazon series, "Modern Love," Lexi (played by Anne Hathaway) dances through the supermarket...
Dec 18, 20195 min read
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Lonely While Not Alone
"I'm not alone, but I'm still lonely." -"Live in the Moment," Portugal the Man Last night I went to my friend Corrine's Open Studio,...
Dec 13, 20192 min read
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Take Your Own Advice
The Golden Rule is "Treat others as you want to be treated," but I propose a new rule - "Treat yourself as you would treat others." I...
Dec 6, 20192 min read
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Knowing What You Need
This week, a friend posted about someone criticizing her for being on anti-depressants (I recently wrote a post about this happening to...
Nov 22, 20193 min read
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That Time I Ruined the Potluck
Two of my oldest friends, Ali and Chelsea, and I don't see each other as much as we'd like to, despite living within a half hour of each...
Nov 15, 20193 min read
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Why Do We Undervalue Art?
Seriously, why do we undervalue art? I'm talking all kinds of art from writing to music. We want it free or, at least, super cheap. We...
Nov 8, 20192 min read
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A Tether to the World
I first saw Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby's Netflix special "Nanette" while sitting on the floor of a friend's cabin in West Virginia...
Oct 30, 20192 min read
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Telling Your Truth
I'm not much for sticking to New Year's resolutions (let's be real; is anyone?), but at the beginning of this year I set the ambiguous...
Oct 25, 20195 min read
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Therapy Is Hard Work: My Mental Health Journey
When I was thirteen and anorexic, I was sent to the teen psychiatric ward in the Keene State Hospital. It was my first experience with...
Oct 18, 20198 min read
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Reading through Depression
I've suffered from major depressive disorder since I was a kid; it's part of having Bipolar Disorder. Though I'm now on the right...
Oct 11, 20192 min read
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Kill Your Darlings, Love Your Weirdlings
Most writers are familiar with the phrase, "Kill Your Darlings" (a poll of my husband found that 100% of non-writers are not). It means...
Sep 27, 20192 min read
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