Kate Saxton writes about her mother's patience and how much it's meant to her over the years

(CW: Self-harm, suicide) On the morning of March 18, I woke up to an empty house. My roommates had work and errands to run so I sat by...

Hearts? Minds? They are equally complex. When you combine relationship issues with mental health struggles, the accompanying confusion...

(CW: self-harm, substance abuse) I want to begin this with a disclosure: Vulnerability is my archnemesis. Like, if vulnerability were a...

“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...

For the quote-unquote therapist friend and anyone that has googled “reasons to accept that I am worthy of love.”

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...

Some kids looked up to superheroes when they were growing up. Others turned to public servants or pop stars. As a socially-anxious...

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...

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...

It’s February 13th, yes the day before that holiday. My eyes are swollen, I have a piercing headache and everything smells like Jose...

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...

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...

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...