In my initiative with We Are Alive, I was prepared to share my story with the world. Granted, I was scared -- terrified really -- at laying myself bare. But the feedback was strong. Fortifying. And that's the reason I write today. 

I fear that in my original post and th...

Several voices in the spotlight have spoken up about the realities of living with mental illness, and that is truly something that would have never happened a decade ago. It's refreshing and it's real -- even if it's ever so slightly done for publicity. For me, I draw...

Lately, I’ve been on a gratuity kick. It’s been two years and some-odd months since I was diagnosed with severe depression and suicidal ideation. 6 years since generalized anxiety. In a way, I’m celebrating mental “sobriety “– not including my liver. But there’s been s...

 For those of you who have been living under a rock, last spring 2017 Netflix released their smash hit series 13 Reasons Why which told the story of Hannah Baker and the series of events that eventually led up to her suicide. The series was graphic, inflammatory,...

DISCLAIMER: I realize that by writing this, I will be upsetting a lot of people. Namely the millions of members in the NRA (including some really, really dear and loved friends and family). I realize that there is no way that I could possibly do this topic justice, as...

The following piece was written as a commissioned article by Aware Online, another great organization focusing on reforming the rhetoric around mental health. 

They say if a friendship lasts more than seven years then it will last a lifetime. Can we just 

appreciate how...

I called it my prison then, and it was a beautiful one, whether or not I felt it then. Now, at twenty-five, I know many more metaphorical prisons existed in that house, but back then it was physical, hedged by the gardens you only find in suburbia and a long, thin back...

One of the first things I did when I emerged from my three-day stint in the hospital for depression was start a blog. I titled it "Fruit of the Loon," always a fan of puns. I assumed no one would ever find it who would sue me for copyright infringement on the name of a...

I wrote a long and involved timeline of my collegiate experience and struggle with mental illness, but as the woman on the other side of graduation, the journey isn't about what happened. It has and will always be about the people along the way [and what I learned from...

Today is 26 November 2017. I'm writing from a picnic-style table in the fifth floor of Foyles bookstore on Charring Cross Road in London. We Are Alive is just taking off -- the site is under construction and we are gathering research on how to best reach out to people,...