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“I don’t feel like I have to hide anymore”: Nashville’s Hayden Panettiere opens up about PND

She was vocal about the condition up and down the red carpet, telling reporters she wanted to set a good example for her daughter. "I do feel and Read...

Recovery is an ongoing process.

Musings From My Time In The Psych Ward

“Are you a cutter?” the medical aide asked me, gearing to strap a blood-pressure monitor around my upper arm to take my vitals at 11 o’clock one Read...

"Crying Girl" by Roy Lichtenstein, 1963

Emergency Self-Care: Tips For Loving Yourself During A Crisis

...self-care is a process. Ideally, you treat yourself with kindness daily, engaging in acts of self care that function as either a reminder to Read...

Frown if you gotta.

Don't Pretend To Be OK When You're Not

Pretending you’re OK when you're not is lying — lying to yourself. And it will keep you not OK.

Stretch marks with a vengeance.

My Male-To-Female Transition: How Estrogen Changed My Life

In March of 2015, I made the huge step to go on hormones and start the process of transitioning from male-to-female through the use of Hormone Read...

I wish we had started going sooner instead of waiting for everything to implode.

So You Want To Go To Couple's Therapy? Here Are 5 Tips.

A few years ago, my boyfriend of two years and I went to couple's therapy. To say our relationship was falling apart would have been an Read...

I Asked 60 Kinesiology Students To Define Health. Here's What Happened.

Health is the banner we have raised in defense of weight loss surgery, The Biggest Loser, putting children on diets, shaming our friends and Read...

Having someone steal my cancer history and co-opt it...is unbelievably violating.

Someone Plagiarized My Cancer Story

Having someone steal my cancer history and co-opt it for their first-person Facebook blog is unbelievably violating. Somehow, it feels almost as Read...