Mental Health

Molly Was My Gateway Drug to Meditation

How taking the illicit 1990s psychedelic pill paved the way for me to get Zen

Mar 3 • Blair Glaser

A Love Letter to Myself After Eating Disorder Treatment

What I learned about recovery from getting treatment for anorexia and bulimia in my fifties

Feb 24 • Amie Newman

As an anorexic adult I learned to eat again like a baby

Feb 23 • Karen Lindell

Exclusive Interview on Life in a Cult, How to Escape a Cult, and Memoir Writing with 'The True Happiness Company' Author Veena Dinavahi

Watch our interview with Veena Dinavahi about mental health, the self-help cult she didn't realize she joined, leaving the cult, Mormonism, and her…

Jan 30 • Open Secrets Magazine, Veena, and Rachel Kramer Bussel

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New Year, Same Me

Athena Dixon on setting intentions instead of making resolutions

Jan 21 • Athena Dixon

News from Lake Brain-Be-Gone

My brain broke up with me. I mean broke up in me. Everything fell out of place.

Dec 18, 2025 • Judith Hannah Weiss

Am I Food Insecure Because I Have Bulimia, Or Do I Have Bulimia Because I’m Food Insecure?

What nobody talks about when it comes to eating disorders and SNAP

Dec 2, 2025 • Christina Jumper

When I’m Alone, I Try on All My Jeans

Is my fashion obsession self-soothing or self-abusing?

Nov 24, 2025 • Christie Tate

Billy Blanks, I Love You: Help Me Get the Body of My Dreams

My love affair with Tae Bo workout videos

Sep 29, 2025 • Anna Rollins

Is ADHD Why I Have Trouble Taking Real Vacations?

I loved being away from my laptop, but not the guilt that accompanied it

Sep 1, 2025 • Rachel Kramer Bussel

I Navigated the Grief of My Second Trimester Miscarriage by Widely Sharing My Story

An excerpt from Normalize It: Upending the Silence, Stigma, and Shame That Shape Women's Lives

Jul 8, 2025 • Jessica Zucker, PhD

What If I Let My Intrusive Thoughts Win?

Life with severe obsessive-compulsive disorder

Jun 30, 2025 • Anastasia Jill

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