Angry Mom

I grew up a perfectionist. An overachiever. Demanding myself to be better, no matter how good I already was.

Guest UserDecember 21, 2020women writers, motherhood, mental healthComment

Prayer as A Longing of the Soul

I stood with my head buried deep in the pantry, scavenging for anything that I could eat without preparation.

Guest UserNovember 27, 2020women's health, mental health, eating disorderComment

It's a Great Day to be Black

From the time I was a child, able to attend school and what not, I felt discrimination.

Guest UserNovember 25, 2020women writers, race, racial trauma, mental health Comments

Turning 40

I was adopted when I was a baby, and my family has always been my family.

Guest UserNovember 20, 2020women writers, mental health, adoption, adoptee Comments

The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From the Tree

“Oh my God...I am just like my Mother!”

Guest UserNovember 11, 2020women writers, women's health, mothers and daughters, mental healthComment

The Louder I Speak

I’ve realized telling my story once did not ease my pain. But sharing it 20 times changed the trajectory of my life.

Too

I remember the first time someone told me that my body was too heavy.

Guest UserNovember 4, 2020women writers, women's health, body image, healing, mental health, empowermentComment

Dancing in the Darkness

I’ll admit that I never said, I'm depressed. I didn’t recognize it.

Guest UserOctober 28, 2020women writers, suicide awareness, mental health, women's healthComment

Pouring Light Into Wounds

I was never taught that my body was mine.

Guest UserOctober 21, 2020women writers, sexual assault, mental health, resilienceComment

Woman Easing Into Repose

You will count your blessings tonight. Right after you take your Zoloft.

Guest UserOctober 16, 2020women writers, corona virus, mental health, resilienceComment

Fester, Fester, Fester

I was six years old the first time I felt the surge of hatred coupled with hopelessness.

Guest UserSeptember 16, 2020women writers, race, mental health, movementComment

Ovarian Instinct

How often are you in pain? my doctor asked.

Guest UserSeptember 9, 2020women writers, mental health, menstruation, health, women's healthComment

Into Relief

For decades, I study my body in the mirror as though I am split in a literal sense.

Guest UserSeptember 7, 2020women writers, healing, mental health, embodimentComment

Two Halves, Same Coin

Sometimes, I feel like I’m two people.

Guest UserSeptember 2, 2020women writers, writing, anxiety, mental health, mental health awarenessComment

Lessons From the Fall Tree

I never noticed how much I missed seasons until I had them again.

Time stagnated, living in an eternal summer. There was no difference between February and July. Everything was the same: sunshine, pool days, palm trees and everyone telling me that I should be happy because I live in paradise.

But it wasn't paradise.

Guest UserAugust 24, 2020women writers, mental health, writingComment

Highway 221 South

By the sixth grade I already knew how easily light could be extinguished, even when someone was young and strong.

Guest UserAugust 21, 2020women writers, grief, mental health, traumaComment

Lungs: The Organ of Grief and the Corona Virus

Our bodies are certainly screaming grief right now. Tell me you are listening.

Megan FebuaryMarch 29, 2020grief, lungs, corona virus, covid-19, covid, blog, writer, mental health Comments

Psychology of a Haircut

A lengthy hospitalization for medical and mental health reasons followed. Me and my braid were back at home after several months. I cut two feet of my hair a week after my arrival home. Even my mother agreed, this was a good choice, a fresh start. The power was in my hands.

Megan FebuaryDecember 4, 2019hair, mental health, mental health awareness, writing, literary magazineComment

Life in a Torn Photograph

I am a fifteen-year-old body, shrinking violet-lipped, dry-skinned, smug body. See my unravelling, see me feast upon my own flesh, see me disappear, see me. Don’t see me. I am a hologram – here one minute, gone the next.

Megan FebuaryDecember 4, 2019body, mental health, mental health awareness, psychology, literary magazine, writingComment

How Many Licks Does it Take to Get to 100 Calories?

I am 21. Impulsive, reckless, young, and the epitome of self sabotage. People often tell me, “You don’t know. You have no clue what the real world is like yet.” Maybe they’re right. Maybe I don’t, but I definitely know enough. All I have ever needed to know. I know this world wants to see me wither away, the embers of my soul burned to ash, into nothingness, just like me.

Megan FebuaryNovember 28, 2019mental health, eating disorder, trauma, mental health awareness Comments