"What kind of writing do you do?" is a question I've yet to answer succinctly. I write health + lifestyle features, service articles, personal essays, news, as-told-to profiles, travel narratives, and the occasional UX project. I’ve also worked on solution journalism, content marketing, teen advice columns and quizzes, and yes, even celeb interviews. Just please don’t ask me to write about finance.
This site is by no means an exhaustive library of my work, but does include some of my all-time favorites -- the ones that leave me excited to write more.
Six sexual abuse survivors open up about their personal experiences and how the #MeToo movement has transformed their lives.
“Cultural censorship” of death isn’t doing us any favors. In fact, it’s cutting into the valuable time we have while we’re still alive.
Bullying behavior has left the school playground -- and is more common than ever among adults. Here's what it looks like and what you can do to stop it.
One woman had broken her neck (twice). Others were dedicated couch potatoes. But when a powerhouse mentor came into their lives they hit the ground running and never looked back.
He was a combat soldier in Iraq. She was a divorced mom in California. They flirted, fell in love, committed...and then they met in the flesh.
An 81-year-old Renaissance Man waxes philosophical on what’s important and what needs to change.
Tiffany Nettleton first noticed something “off” about her daughter’s behavior when Haile was just 2.
There's a dangerous myth that people of color are not at risk of skin cancer. Amelia St. Ange believed it, until she found out that a mole on her neck was malignant.
Even if you love your job, the angst of having to go back to the grind on Monday can leave you disorganized and spinning your wheels all day.
Suspicion is a useful, even necessary, trait–up to a point. Even though we live in times that breed distrust, there is a line, however fine, between the healthy and the clinical.
For $6,000, a down-to-earth rockabilly wedding and a good time for all.