The articles about my workshops are dripping in derision but if you speak to the people who attended the events, people loved it and thought they got their money's worth.
I wrote the captions that built my brand.
Mental illness and depression are the reason why I no longer have a father.
I think a lot of people feel shame when they revisit their years of addiction.
I'm always grateful when people share stuff on social media that I've never seen before, because it gives me a bit more strength to hold more space for the unsavory parts of my life that cause me shame.
The publishing world has been very slow to adapt to the digital world.
Even at my most depressed and low-functioning, as soon as you put another person in the room with me, I would perk up and be happy to see them.
How do you hold on to the idea that you are good and kind and deserving of love when the whole world thinks you're evil? It's really disorienting to see this character with your face and your name and your details catch internet wildfire. It really bothered me.
