How I’m dealing with my anxious need to finish work right away.
Category Archives: Inspiration
Awe and Oaks
Greet the edges of your understanding with awe, not angst.
A Season of Transitions
A professional achievement unlocked, articles to help with traumatic birth and mental health postpartum, and one tenacious swallowtail butterfly.
Why I Choose City Life, Even Now
A reflection on the value of living in an urban area — in spite of everything.
The Most Consistent Person I Know
Hi! I’m Emily, and I’m a writer. That’s still a new thing for me to say. Honestly, it feels like a lie. But, after what I uncovered in my parent’s house this winter, I’ve come to think it might just be deeply true.
What Raising Butterflies Taught Me About Miscarriage
How I learned to live with the pain and possibility of trying to conceive, pregnancy loss, and secondary infertility.
An Affirmation For Right Now
You are reducing suffering in the world, even as you are called to bear more of it.
Heart Tropism
For plants to live, roots must detect and then respond to what is happening to them. I think our hearts are a little like that.
Savoring Stopped Me From Wasting My Life
What secondary infertility taught me the role of attention, acceptance, and appreciation in creating a well-lived life.
If I Were You
We are all worthy of compassion.