I was about three when my teachers suggested that I might be “gifted”. My preschool warned my mother about the fact that I would be eternally messy, because my brain ran on a different frequency. However, nobody really thought too deeply about it. My mother called me “quirky”, just a…

Even though I’m on the “older” end of the Gen Z spectrum, I’ve found a strange solace and community through the probably-data-mining app, TikTok. TikTok is full of short lived trends, a lot of them being about “glow-ups” and subtly nodding to the strange fact that we have thousands of…

There’s something noble about healing in adulthood. It’s hard for childhood to leave you unscathed, but that’s especially true for people who have experienced significant trauma. Breaking that cycle is one of the most daunting choices a person can make. Tending to the wounds of your inner child is not…