Relationships & Connection

I sat in my car outside the restaurant for 20 minutes, heart racing, palms sweaty, trying to talk myself down from what felt like the edge of a panic attack. It was just a fourth date with Alex, for god’s sake. Everything had been going well—maybe too well. And that was the problem. My therapist […]

Thanksgiving dinner, 2019. I was sweating through my favorite sweater as my mom asked—for the THIRD time that evening—when Jake and I were “finally going to start a family.” The first two times, I’d mumbled something about “someday” while stuffing mashed potatoes in my mouth. But as she started in again, something in me just…

March 2023. A Tuesday night. There I was, eating microwaved lasagna on my couch, watching strangers celebrate birthdays on Instagram. Three weeks into a new city, and I’d spoken to exactly four humans outside of work: the grocery cashier, my landlord, the Amazon delivery guy, and my mom on the phone. The ache in my

So there I was, sitting in my car outside my boss’s office for literally 20 minutes, rehearsing what I was going to say about being passed over for the project lead role. My palms were sweaty, heart racing like I’d just run a marathon. Sound familiar? I’ve spent most of my adult life avoiding tough

Look, I’ll be honest. Last week I found myself scrolling through Instagram at 2 AM, surrounded by hundreds of “friends” yet feeling completely alone. Sound familiar? If you’re nodding your head right now, you’re not the only one trying to figure out how to navigate digital age relationships without losing your mind. I’ve spent the