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The Wilderness Within

Fear and intuition fight for dominance when hiking alone in the wilderness

Grow, SelfRebecca JamiesonDecember 23, 2021hiking, woods, wilderness, female hikers, Oregon, cascades, mountains, fear, intuition, women, outdoors

The New York Phase

Learning what it takes to live in New York City for a summer

Grow, SelfJennifer JusselSeptember 28, 2020self, grow, new york, new york city, new yorker, city, city life, internship, publishing, LGBT, bisexual, gay, gay pride, south, Texas, writer

HysterSister

One woman’s struggle with persistent pain leads her to make a difficult decision

Grow, SelfVictory WitherkeighMarch 23, 2020grow, self, female, anatomy, periods, vagina, hysterectomy, medical, surgery, pill, women, birth, children, body, self image, self worth, recover, pain, blood

The Woman I Was Dying to Know

If the price of motherhood voids one's personal identity, perhaps we should reconsider the wager

Grow, SelfTerrance ThomasOctober 7, 2019grow, self, essay, personal essay, family, mother, death, dying, funeral, identity, loss, memory, women, body, makeup, music, grief, dreams

Mindful Meat-Eating

An essay about the internal conflict that comes along with being food conscious

Grow, SelfVanessa GiovinoAugust 26, 2019grow, self, food, eating, healthy eating, meat, animals, animal, chicken, vegetables, vegetarian, vegan, recipes, farm, livestock, eggs, farming, farm raised, diet, body, food photography

American Cheese

An essay about why it’s important to travel far from home, even when your family doesn’t approve of your adventure

Grow, SelfElise SilversteinApril 23, 2019grow, self, essay, personal essay, travel essay, Italy, food, family, grandmother, summer, WWOOF, farming, gardening, Europe, animals, wildlife, farm, vegetables

The Wisdom of Squirrels

Learning from nature and the other creatures who inhabit it to build a more sustainable life

On Tuscany’s Operatic Magic

A personal essay on traveling solo that argues sometimes seeking answers while journeying alone is not always the right solution

Evanston Sucks

A gay man navigates his sense of self and the temporary states of our bodies while moving between relationships in the throes of the city

A Little While Longer

One millennial’s decision to avoid getting a smartphone for as long as possible

And Then There's Loss

A personal essay confronting loss, and the search for happiness through bouts of depression

Grow, SelfMatthew LitmanFebruary 20, 2018self, grow, depression, death, grandfather, family, stuttering, college, school, running, piano, lost, friends, reflect, uncle, mom, high school

Liquid

A personal essay reflecting on a love lost in Scotland

Grow, SelfDavid LandyDecember 14, 2017personal essay, Scotland, liquid, travel, castle, river, swimming, monster, love, America, American, playful, essay

Girl On Fire

When a wildfire swept across her family's property, Addie Gottwald thought her life had gone up in flames as well, only to find herself rising from the ashes

Grow, SelfAddie GottwaldNovember 6, 2017grow, self, wildfire, fire, flames, self-awareness, growth, family, California, smoke, firefighters, rebirth, anew, rebuild, prevention, earth, nature, home

Nuanced Nudity

Take a look inside the world of narrative burlesque with writer and performer Sasha Bailey

Grow, SelfSasha BaileySeptember 22, 2017grow, self, burlesque, perform, performer, performance, writer, nudity, clothes, stage, show, female, women, body, self-empowerment, self-acceptance, self-awareness, entertain, dance, music

Under Construction

Gabby Bradshaw reflects on what it means to focus arduously on self-work, while offering helpful advice to others

Reconnecting with Body and Soul

Holistic nutritionist Gillian Sanger explains the importance of reconnecting with the food we eat on a more personal level

Sweating Awesome

One young woman's determination to lose weight and get fit

Powerful & Positive Body Movements

Lou Kramer shares how she uses her body to perform powerful and impressive acts of contortion and aerial art

Grow, SelfLou KramerApril 11, 2017grow, self, aerial arts, contortion, body positivity, flexibility, strength, circus

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