Farming After College, I Decided To Be A Farmer. Here's Why And What It's Really Like.HuffPost - Briana YablonskiWhen I tell people I’m a farmer, I’m often met with puzzled looks. I didn’t grow up on a farm. I’m not a grizzled white man in his 60s with a John Deere hat. I’m a woman in her 20s with a naturally soft
Addiction I Thought I Was ‘Driven.’ Actually, I Was Addicted To Work.HuffPost - Mandi EmIf there is such a thing as an addictive personality, then I certainly have one. In the deepest core of my character from an early age was a toxic combination of low self-esteem and perfectionism. I desperately
Relationships I Went To Sibling Therapy With My Adult Sister And It Saved Our RelationshipHuffPost - Kelli DunhamI’ve had a Quaker therapist sit sweetly in her rainbowed office and suggest veganism as a cure for my sudden depression. I saw a palliative care psychotherapist for many months of grief counseling after
Relationships My Husband And I Have A Great Marriage But We Still Go To Couples Therapy. Here's Why.HuffPost - Irina GonzalezWhen my now-husband and I had been dating for roughly eight months, we went to couples therapy. There was no huge issue that we needed to resolve or relationship-threatening problem on the horizon. We
Disability I'm Sick Of Explaining My Disability To My TherapistHuffPost - Clouds HaberbergA few months into seeing my new therapist, I am talking about the anxiety I experience when taking public transportation. For me, part of that anxiety is that my physical disability might cause me to and
Tumors My Dad Was A 9/11 First Responder. Then A Giant Tumor Started Growing In His Chest.HuffPost - Emily ThomasI might be a part of the last generation with personal memories of Sept. 11, 2001. It’s bizarre realizing that many children ― even people just a year or two younger than me ― might only know about what
Breakups What Happened When My Ex And I Did A Weeklong Therapy Session To ‘Consciously Uncouple’HuffPost - Desdemona DallasIn 2015, my already former partner and I decided to work out our differences by sitting down on a couch in a rural town in Colorado for a weeklong breakup therapy session. Getting to the therapist’s couch
LGBTQ+ I Fell In Love With My Therapist. Here's What Happened When I Told Her.HuffPost - Allyson Byers“I am so embarrassed to share this with you, but I have developed these romantic feelings towards you. I feel like I’m falling in love with you.” I was seated on the couch across from my therapist of years.
Play buttonSesame Street Sesame Street Changed My Life. We Must Protect It So It Can Mold More Kids' Lives.HuffPost - Bobbi DempseyWhen I grew up in the 1970s, my father often sat in either an alcoholic or drug-induced stupor. Unwilling or unable to engage with me and my young siblings when my mother wasn’t home and he was left in
Women's News Here's What Being Married For 63 Years Has Taught Me About Love And LifeHuffPost - Ramona GriggOn July 14, 1956, when I married the only husband I’ve ever had, I was 18 years old, a high school graduate and a long-distance telephone operator. My husband, Ed, was 23, just a year out of the Marines
Gynaecology My Uterus Ruptured During Labor. Here's What Happened Next.HuffPost - Erica BergSeven months ago, my son Jacob was born. As my husband Dave drove me to the hospital, the sun was shining oppressively through the windows of our car. I remember feeling beads of sweat forming on my forehead
Herpes This Is What No One Tells You About Getting (And Having) HerpesHuffPost - Melinda SinerizThose were the first words my doctor said to me after telling me I had herpes. I was just post-divorce, in excruciating pain, and I thought I would never date again. I think crying was an understated all
Play buttonPerforming Arts I'm The Star Of That 'She Shed' Commercial. Here's How Going Viral Has Changed My Life.HuffPost - Nicole J. ButlerAt 4:37 p.m. on Jan. 30, 2018, I received an email notification from my agent regarding a State Farm commercial audition scheduled for the following afternoon. I’m an actress in Los Angeles and this was
hair loss Here's What I Wish My Friends (And Everyone Else) Knew About My AlopeciaHuffPost - Caroline HowleyAs a kid in the ’90s, I dreamed of having the sleek, straight hair of Posh Spice or Rachel Green. But my hair had other ideas. It was wild, frizzy and far too thick to look normal on a small child ― a
Play button My Brother Went Missing, And The Search For Him Turned My World Upside DownHuffPost - Andrew Devendorf“People go missing and return all the time,” he said while covering a page of his notepad in chicken scratch. “Sometimes they just need a break.” He spoke to me like he knew Matt, my 27-year-old brother,
Hair Why I Want To Start Talking About The $500-Plus A Year I Spend On My Body And Facial HairHuffPost - Natalie DaherAfter another Monday of reporting to the man, I squirmed in the worn leather seat of a downtown salon. The brow aesthetician berated me for a recent shaving mishap while I meditated on working extra hard
Kinky I Got Into BDSM At 50 And Met My 30-Year-Old Boyfriend At A DungeonHuffPost - V.V. ValentineIf you ask us, we’ll tell you we met at a throwback Thursday screening of Quentin Tarantino’s ”Reservoir Dogs.” My version has us meeting at the Laemmle in the NoHo Arts District, but if you ask him, insist
Body Image The Unexpected Hobby That Helped Me Face My Body DysmorphiaHuffPost - Donald McCarthyDuring my freshman and sophomore years of college, I lost an unhealthy amount of weight in an attempt to combat the body image issues I had suffered since middle school. I even had to buy a new wardrobe
Opioids I’m A Former Opioid Addict. Here’s What The Johnson & Johnson Ruling Gets Wrong.HuffPost - Erin KharMonday, in an Oklahoma court, a judge ordered Johnson & Johnson to pay the state $572 million for the manufacturer’s role in the opioid crisis. Oklahoma is one of dozens of states currently suing drug
Popeyes Meet The Teen Who Registered People To Vote While They Waited In Line At PopeyesHuffPost - Jamie FeldmanIn politics, as in life, sometimes the most effective way to make waves and get things done is to meet people exactly where they are. Right now, it seems like everyone is in line at Popeyes, hoping they’ll
Racism Is My Kid Fluent In Racism?HuffPost - Lucy RimalowerMy 3-year-old has an uncanny ability to bust me on curse words. The whole ride home from school he ignores my questions about his day, dinner preferences, upcoming activities but then, sure as sh ... “Oh
Filmmaking My Dad Is A Horror Cult Icon. So I Rebelled By Becoming An Investment Banker.HuffPost - Lily-Hayes KaufmanRebelling is an adolescent rite of passage to adulthood. But 30 years after his own coming of age, my dad was still giving authority the finger. A teenager myself, I faced an existential crisis: How could
College & University The One Thing Parents Should (But Often Don't) Consider Before Sending Their Kids To CollegeHuffPost - Lucina StoneBack to school is a big business. Parents invest a considerable amount of money and time into preparing their children for college. They want them to have the supplies, clothes and dorm accessories that
University of Michigan I Don't Have 'Empty Nest Syndrome,' I Have 'Life Has No Purpose Syndrome' And It's TerrifyingHuffPost - Tracey BrittisThe end of August has always given me a familiar pit in my stomach, brought on by old college days where the syllabus looked daunting and the social scene was intimidating. But instead, this year, I’m
Cherokee Nation Elizabeth Warren Has Spent Her Adult Life Repeating A Lie. I Want Her To Tell The Truth.HuffPost - Rebecca NagleElizabeth Warren, apologizing to Native leaders on Monday, said, “I know I’ve made mistakes. I am sorry for harm I have caused.” For many people, that apology put the issue to rest. But many Native advocates,
China A Love Letter To My American Father's Chinese AccentHuffPost - Kimberly YamI can’t recall a time I’ve ever written to you. It’s probably because the written word feels too serious. Yet I don’t think I could express my sentiments today any other way. After all, at my very core,
Diets I Started Dieting At Age 4. I Know How Harmful Weight Watchers' New 'Kids' Program Is.HuffPost - Savala TrepczynskiLast week, Weight Watchers launched a new diet program for children called Kurbo by WW. The news made my body tense with memories and rage and made my heart race with anxiety. I immediately thought, Can
Bathrooms I Had A Miscarriage And Learned That Everything I Thought I Knew About Them Was WrongHuffPost - Lauren WellbankI was pushing my shopping cart into the cereal aisle of the grocery store when I realized something was wrong. I’d woken up crampy that morning, just like I had every other morning since the second pink
Women of Color I Called 911 On My Neighbors. The Police Showed Up In My Home With Guns Drawn.HuffPost - Lynnette BradfordIt happened on June 2, 2019, a lazy Sunday morning, at around 11 a.m. I’d opened the back door of my home to let my dog, Daisy, out and that’s when I heard it. There, amongst the birds’ morning song, the
