Published inBootcamp·Nov 8, 2021How masking my autism nearly destroyed meI don’t remember the exact point in my life when I started having identity crises. However, the first potent and truly self-aware one I remember was somewhere around age 17, when I read Osamu Dazai’s classic novel “No Longer Human”. I was absolutely obsessed with it; I felt more seen…Autism6 min readAutism6 min read
Oct 9, 2021Sorry, Mom: A Short Reflection on a Few of the Yeehaw Things I’ve Done in My VanThe first visit my husband and I had with my mom since moving into our van, we helped her hang a swing on a tall tree for my little brother. She’d been struggling with it for what seemed like hours, and when she couldn’t find an adequate place for her…Vanlife5 min readVanlife5 min read
Feb 16, 2021Life in a Jewish Liminal SpaceWhen I was an incoming high school senior, I had to take summer gym with a group composed almost entirely of incoming freshmen. I’d taken marching band for one of the two physical education credits I needed to graduate, and I had to medically withdraw from my actual gym class…Judaism7 min readJudaism7 min read
Published inThe Startup·Feb 10, 2021Four Video Essayists That You’ll Watch Until 4AMIf there’s one thing I love, it’s a good video essay. There’s nothing better than watching smart, charismatic people talk about well-researched topics; you get to both feel smart and entertained, and oftentimes the subject matter is poignant and/or wild enough that you have some discussion starters and “fun facts”…YouTube4 min readYouTube4 min read
Published inCurious·Oct 8, 2020“Sad Boyz” Is a Masterpiece of Mental Health PodcastingI would be far from the first person to write a thinkpiece about the intersection between Millennial/Gen Z humor and mental health; you know what they say, you can sit a million monkeys at a million typewriters and one of them is going to write a 2,000 word article musing…Mental Health4 min readMental Health4 min read
Oct 4, 2020Everything You’ve Been Told About the “Five Stages of Grief” is WrongThe Kübler-Ross Model is one of the most well-known depictions of how people grieve their dead, but that was never its intended use case. Here’s what was. — Denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. You know them, you love them (or not), you’ve heard about them in everything from television shows to health websites. …Psychology3 min readPsychology3 min read
Published inHuman Parts·Nov 11, 2019Member-onlyThe Art of Chaotic MindfulnessIntentional presence in everyday garbage fires — Odds are, you’re picturing someone cross-legged in an empty room, wearing athleisure pants and looking effortlessly chilled out. Mindfulness likely smells like a spa and tastes like a kale smoothie. It asks you if you’ve tried essential oils for your chronic pain. …Mindfulness4 min readMindfulness4 min read
Oct 27, 2019What Dog Training Can Teach Us About Self-CompassionThere’s nothing that better illustrates the weird, toxic relationship we have to learning and encouraging change than the way we treat our pets. Stick with me here — about a year ago, I was working at an animal shelter as an adoption counselor. I spent my workdays reading applications from…Dogs4 min readDogs4 min read
