Photo by Masaaki Komori on UnsplashAnxiety is a snowflake. Everyone’s brand is different from everybody else’s, even if the side effects are, in many ways, the same. And right now, it’s snowing all over the world.Some form of anxiety...
Photo by Evie S. on UnsplashI have been trying to pay attention lately. Maybe you have, too. I’ve been thinking how attention has felt so different this past year than in any other year of my life. The pandemic—its monotony...
Photo by Toa Heftiba on UnsplashAs previously seen on Wit & Delight Editor’s Note: Given that our theme this month is all about cultivating self-compassion, we’re bringing this 2019 piece, written by Megan McCarty, back into the light. After all,...
Photo by Judith MarilynAs previously seen on Wit & Delight Editor’s Note: For anyone who’s looking for a bit of a break from the stressors that so often surround us in our daily lives, we’re sharing a post filled with tips...
Photo by Mona Eendra on UnsplashAs previously seen on Wit & Delight Editor’s Note: This August on Wit & Delight, our theme is about getting back to basics. It’s about allowing ourselves to pause, reflect, create intentional spaces to reset,...
Sometimes, it’s easy to lose the freshness of life. The pure naiveness of it. The effortless, beautiful brain space that looks at nature and sees safety. The righteous notion that we are many versions of ourselves; to know those...
I used to see the feeling of being frazzled, of impulsivity, of always needing to be doing more, as an inherent part of my personality. It was something I almost thought I should be proud of. It was...
Photo by Klara Kulikova on UnsplashIs it possible to create a healthy relationship with regret? Is it not antithetical to the very nature of regret, by definition: a painful, uncomfortable truth of wishing something in the past was different than...
Photo by Anne Nygård on UnsplashI spent a lot of my thirty-first year on earth crying about my skin. Yes, you’re reading that right: thirty-one, not thirteen, seventeen, or even twenty, when skin woes are presumed to be more...
Photo by Cheyenne Doig on UnsplashAs I was preparing for my third baby, I thought about what my body would be like after the birth. This wasn’t my first rodeo. I knew about the big, soft tummy that would hang around for...

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