The gift of Alzheimer’s
Suffering from Alzheimer’s, Aniiyah’s mother forgot who she was. Instead of letting this upset her, Aniiyah took it as a lesson. Here’s what she learned.
Category: Healing
How I Got Rid of Eczema (After All the Miracle Treatments Failed)
Nathalie tried everything to cure her eczema, trying every miracle product and magic potion. Then, she discovered the real source of her skin problem.
How I Healed My Relationship With Food (And With My Body)
For decades, Karen struggled with body image and eating disorders. This is how she turned her life (and her relationship with food) around.
To The Brother I Lost To Suicide (A Poem)
Losing a brother to suicide is complicated and painful. Reading and writing poems about losing a brother to suicide can help you process the pain.
In this poem, Laura, who lost her only brother to suicide, takes us on her journey of healing. She wrote this beautiful, moving, and intimate poem, and we’re pleased to share it with you today.
What Heartbreak Sounds Like (A Poem)
How can I fix this? …How do I take how I really am and replace that with who you’d like me to be?
The Night I Lost My Faith in Woman Power, and the Day I Gained it Back.
One woman’s shocking, tragic Me Too story, and her struggle, decades later, to integrate her experiences into a society where women believe in their own strength.
For Survivors of Hysterectomy (A Poem)
Janet Ruth Heller’s vulnerable and moving poem about women who have survived hysterectomy. She calls it a secret sisterhood.
The Power of Words (A Poem)
An abuse survivor’s short poem about the power words have to hurt us, heal us, and help us move forward.
The Demon Just For Me (A Poem)
“Empty vessel, you’re in desperate need of filling, it says. Search. Yearn. Feel hollow. It’s deeper than you could ever reach. The demon just for me.”
My Jagged Edges (A Poem)
A poem about one woman’s journey of healing her body and confidence after breaking her foot in a car accident.
