Want to be friends . . . it'll take a while
Turns out making friends as an adult is a big lift. Research shows 50 hours is just a start. It takes 300 to make a really close friend. But worth it, right?
Read the essayWhat Follows
A series of essays exploring the transitions, recognitions, and quiet reckonings that mark the varied chapters of a woman's life. Each piece stands alone, but together they trace something larger—a way of looking at what changes and what remains.
When everything normal just disappears . . .
How loss, setbacks, disappointments, and challenges can actually lead to meaningful growth and even personal reinvention. That's what happened to Andrea when her entire house burned to the ground.
Read the essayPersonal Agency . . .
Making choices that limit regrets
Read the essayEmotional Transportation . . .
Building empathy and decreasing biases through fiction
Read the essayAfter the Decision . . .
You've made a choice. Now, how do you make it real?
Read the essayBelonging . . .
Finding the people and places that help you belong
Read the essayIntroducing What Follows . . .
Together we'll explore how we’re growing, changing, learning, struggling, improving and course-correcting.
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