In the first episode of the Hulu sitcom "Shrill," there's a scene in which the heroine, passive, deferential Annie, sees a beautiful plus-sized woman in a flower shop, walking around like she owns the place

The combination of COVID-19, the national reckoning with systemic racism, and the chaotic political environment have left many feeling rudderless, overwhelmed, and racked with indecision.

I'm an extrovert. Not in the sense that I like big groups or even meeting new people, but I want to be surrounded by my nearest and dearest, basically all the time.

At Eagle Point Elementary, where I went for third grade, there was one very cute boy. Jason was the object of affection for seemingly every third-grade girl.

A Facebook joke from the first week of "shelter in place" went like this: "I'm either leaving this quarantine with my chakras aligned

Few things activate anxiety more than uncertainty. And there's little more uncertain than a pandemic. The questions keep coming:

The fall after I finished college, I moved to New York City to study acting. A year in, life was a blur of acting classes, auditions, and working as an administrative assistant for a scientist

One very snowy January day a few years ago, my kids and I arrived home with a 3-year-old rescue cat. As instructed, we brought him into the bathroom before we opened up the cardboard carrier we’d been given to bring him home from the shelter.

In his excellent new book, “Lost Connections,” Johan Hari recounts the story of a Cambodian vegetable farmer who lost his leg when he stepped on a landmine

In his excellent new book, “Lost Connections,” Johan Hari recounts the story of a Cambodian vegetable farmer who lost his leg when he stepped on a landmine

When I was a teenager, I learned that three other men, in addition to my dad, had proposed to my mom. She turned them down.

Buddhist meditation teacher Sharon Salzberg has a beautiful quote on self-esteem. In her book "Lovingkindness”

I was a very distracted kid. I remember playing Monopoly with my two best friends, and their rule was that if you didn’t notice that someone landed on your property, that person didn’t have to pay.

I love New Year's resolutions, and birthday resolutions, and post-Labor Day resolutions, so I'm not here to give grim statistics about how unlikely you are to stick to whatever plans you made on January

After my son turned eight, he started dropping hints that he didn't believe in the Tooth Fairy anymore. This suspicion was likely confirmed