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Drawing a Line Between the Heart and the Mind
Hearts? Minds? They are equally complex. When you combine relationship issues with mental health struggles, the accompanying confusion...

Katie Wilkerson
Mar 31, 20216 min read
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I Don't Know Her
(CW: self-harm, substance abuse) I want to begin this with a disclosure: Vulnerability is my archnemesis. Like, if vulnerability were a...

Emma Oberle
Mar 29, 20216 min read
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April Tarot Pulls
Hello there! I’m Taia, and I’ve been reading tarot for two years and I’ve found that it is one of the most rewarding methods to use for...

Taia Dominique
Mar 26, 202111 min read
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The Antidote: Self-love & Gratitude
“You don’t think I love you because you don’t love yourself.” I wish I could credit the author of this quote, but I can’t for the life of...

Christina Lyn Jevicky
Mar 24, 20218 min read
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Artist Spot: Elizabeth Pamboukian
Elizabeth and I sat down in early March 2021 to talk about her project Rappers as Food, which began out of boredom in August of 2019....

Ines Maza
Mar 22, 20214 min read
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I'm Broken, Let Me Fix You
For the quote-unquote therapist friend and anyone that has googled “reasons to accept that I am worthy of love.”

Kyle Tiller
Mar 19, 20214 min read
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The Curse of Shondaland
It’s been an eventful year on planet Earth, that goes without saying. For the emotionally mature among us, lockdown has directed our...

Lyvie Scott
Mar 17, 20219 min read
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I Feel Like the Fat Villain in My Own Life
Fat is bad. That’s been taught to me since I was a child. Characters like Ursula and the Queen of Hearts showed me the blueprint for an...

Maddy Sutka
Mar 15, 20217 min read
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Coping Through Creation
Some kids looked up to superheroes when they were growing up. Others turned to public servants or pop stars. As a socially-anxious...

Lauryn Jackson
Mar 12, 20216 min read
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Seen Anything Good? - M*A*S*H
Welcome to Seen Anything Good? a monthly series where I tell you which shows to binge-watch when you need help coping with the state of...

Lola Estok
Mar 10, 20216 min read
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Musical Martyrs and the 27 Club
Sometime in the mid-1930s, Robert Johnson met the devil at a crossroads in rural Mississippi and sold his soul to master the guitar. Or...

Josh Hoiem
Mar 8, 20217 min read
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Small Town Therapy: The Journey to Getting My Meds Right
It took a lot of convincing to get my mother to take me to see a therapist. In my Southern Baptist hometown, sadness was viewed as a...

Katie Wilkerson
Mar 3, 20218 min read
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How Traveling Europe Saved My Life
I was encouraged to apply to study abroad by a guy I was head over heels for. I romanticized the idea, I was going to have the...

Maddy Sutka
Mar 1, 20217 min read
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Editors' Note - March 2021
Growing up, I was always told I was “blossoming” into a young lady. I had books and magazines to guide me through the changes in life and...

blossom mag
Feb 28, 20212 min read
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