Hearing Out Life Drama  Blog

I didn’t know postpartum rage was even a thing. I had heard of postpartum depression, of course. I’d heard of “baby blues.” But rage? That sounded too extreme, too shameful to say out loud.

And then it happened to me.

In the first few weeks after m...

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I remember standing in the grocery store line, trying to hold it together.

My phone buzzed in my hand. The glucose alarm was going off again. I was texting quickly, asking i...

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When my father-in-law died suddenly of a heart attack, everything shifted in an instant.

There was shock. There was grief. There were so many emotions moving through the roo...

How to Support a Friend with Anxiety (Without Trying to Fix It)

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I have a friend who sometimes says, “I’m having an anxiety day.”

She trusts me enough to say that out loud. ...

There’s something sacred about the quiet that follows a baby shower. The streamers come down, the cupcakes disappear, and you’re left surrounded by diapers, soft onesies, and the promise of a new beginning. It looks like abundance. But sometimes, wha...

When we think of human needs, we tend to focus on survival: air, water, food—and maybe shelter. These are undeniably essential. But they aren’t the only needs people have.

To truly thrive—to feel alive and connected and whole—we also need emotional ...