The long goodbye
Losing my father to forgetting and my brother to silence, I grieve the living in two different ways
by Steph Auteri
Turning points
Insightful and poetic first-person accounts of turning points and transformations
Loafing around at Rikers
What making – and breaking – bread in jail taught me about work and friendship
by Jamie Valentino
The art of hiking
The desert acted as a mirror that seemed to say: you are like me – harsh, inventive, and full of life
by Skye Anicca
The unravelling
I’d lived through two eras: pre and post OCD diagnosis. Nothing prepared me for what the third era held
by Lux Alptraum
A psalm for lost spaces
You have to sit down somewhere, unhurried and unbothered, to really hear yourself. But where?
by Atar Hadari
The empathy lie
In medicine, empathy came easy. In friendship, it fell apart. An autism diagnosis helped me understand why
by Zoë Read
Fight like a mother
Doctors said my son would die. I wouldn’t believe them, raised millions of dollars and travelled the world for a cure
Amber Freed, as told to Lina Zeldovich
My cousin Anna
As a Korean adoptee, I’d never expected to meet a blood relative. Then a 23andMe email landed in my inbox
by Andrew Lee
Stronger
When grief and distraction spun my mind out of control, only the strain of my muscles could keep it intact
by Nancy Uddin
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When grief and distraction spun my mind out of control, only the strain of my muscles could keep it intact
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My cousin Anna
As a Korean adoptee, I’d never expected to meet a blood relative. Then a 23andMe email landed in my inbox
by Andrew Lee
My swindler sweetheart
I was a pushover with a habit of picking cheating men as boyfriends; then one of them pushed me too far
by Patricia Olsen
Experiments in resistance
When I tested people’s blood after a protest, I discovered that science itself could be a form of dissent
Alexander Samuel, as told to Christine Ro
Let the mystery be
As a hospital chaplain, I watched lives end, faiths fracture and certainties crumble. My job was holding hands in the dark
by Nettie Reynolds
Sticks and stones and words
A smart, educated woman, there’s no way I could have ended up in an abusive relationship, could I?
by Zoe Michaels
Mind the accent
When I spoke like someone I wasn’t, people listened more closely. What did that say about them – and me?
by Erica Mayor
The sauna life
Each cycle of steam and cold brought me closer to the land, my mother, and the version of myself I’d left behind
by Katja Pettinen
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When grief and distraction spun my mind out of control, only the strain of my muscles could keep it intact
by Nancy Uddin
My cousin Anna
As a Korean adoptee, I’d never expected to meet a blood relative. Then a 23andMe email landed in my inbox
by Andrew Lee
My swindler sweetheart
I was a pushover with a habit of picking cheating men as boyfriends; then one of them pushed me too far
by Patricia Olsen
Defensible space
My husband was in crisis and our home faced wildfire. When it came, I saw the cost of holding the line
by Moonshine Matthiessen
Let the mystery be
As a hospital chaplain, I watched lives end, faiths fracture and certainties crumble. My job was holding hands in the dark
by Nettie Reynolds
Experiments in resistance
When I tested people’s blood after a protest, I discovered that science itself could be a form of dissent
Alexander Samuel, as told to Christine Ro
Arachnophobia
I’ve always been terrified of spiders, yet one day I adopted the daddy longlegs in my bathroom
by Ruth Kogen Goodwin
Brother love
After my brother Chris died by suicide, my other brother Dave tried to kill me. Here’s how I survived
by Anita Lambert
Accidental millionaire
When a big deposit appeared from nowhere in my account, it changed my life – but not how you’d think
by Kelvin Njeri
The sauna life
Each cycle of steam and cold brought me closer to the land, my mother, and the version of myself I’d left behind
by Katja Pettinen
The circle held
A bike crash left my husband paralysed. What happened next taught me something profound about community
by Sadie Witkowski