Healing

The effects of parentification can follow you into adulthood. Here’s what to look for and how to heal.
People of faith around the world are turning to prayer during the Covid-19 pandemic. But why exactly do we pray? It turns out, prayer isn’t just about religion. And while the ways people pray vary widely, the basic human need to reach out to something outside of ourselves is universal.
Post-breakup healing, like self-care, is getting a capitalistic overhaul. “Unspouse My House" takes the urge to redecorate after heartbreak to its logical conclusion.
The #MeToo movement isn’t just for survivors. The movement progresses when everyday men join the conversation.
Haylin Belay uses her magic rituals to heal from past trauma and to find an inner power in a society that often doesn’t value women of color.
Sex work, though often cast off as an industry that compounds onto existing trauma, was quietly contributing to my healing.
Speaking from experience, Elizabeth Lesser says that closure detracts from the "gift of grief."
Never underestimate the power of this.