30
Dec
Freudian Psychoanalysis: A View From the Inside
Therapy helps us become our better selves. A book by Nicola Mendenhall speaks about her experience with 10 years on Freudian psychoanalysis....
Memoir
30
Jul
Pee, Rain, and Perfection
We crave perfection, and being seen as good, but none of us is always good or does everything perfectly....
09
Apr
Memory tricks: How my friend came back from the dead
Memory is tricky. That’s why fact checking is so important when you write memoir....
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Memoir
13
Nov
Learning Thanksgiving
As a foreigner, the Thanksgiving holiday didn't make sense to me, because its history seemed oddly detached from the celebration. Here is how I learned to love it....
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Memoir
25
Sep
Naked — at last
Our naked bodies carry an essential purity that more often than not has been beaten out of us by prejudice, criticism, and self-hate....
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Memoir
24
Jul
The Wounds We Carry
Parents' negative comments can open wounds that never heal. It happened to me and I struggle to avoid the same mistake when parenting my son....
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Memoir
20
Jun
Envy: Friend or Foe?
Transform your feelings of envy from foe to friend and learn the difference between envy and jealousy....
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Memoir
11
May
The day I knew writers were liars
What is the role of truth in fiction and memoir? As a 12 year old I learned that writers were liars but García Márquez taught me to think differently....
23
Mar
Why I stopped being a martyr
Whenever I travel to Spain to visit my family I get frustrated with my mom acting like a martyr, and resisting to be helped. She's 89, and although still stronger than many 50 year-olds, age doesn't forgive. After a few days of grocery shopping and cooking for...
23
Mar
Three top-notch books about writing memoir
Writing memoir well is just as hard, if not harder, as writing fiction. Here are three books about the craft of writing memoir that I have found useful....
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