Real Deal Girls Project: Meet Hilary!
Meet Hilary, of the Real Deal Girls Project. She'll graduate with a degree in Forensic Science from Mercy College in 2019. Here’s a quick interview to give you a bit…
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Real Deal Girls Project: Meet Leah!
Meet Leah Schwanke, of the Real Deal Girls Project. She has an Associates degree in Nutrition and Diet Therapy and a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from the University of New…
What I Learned From Watching “He’s Just Not That Into You”
What I Learned From Watching "He's Just Not That Into You" For anyone who hasn't seen this movie, particularly single woman, I can't recommend it highly enough. It is an…
What It Feels Like
Everyone experiences anxiety. We have to, or we would all get hit by a bus or eaten by a lion or something. But I do know that I am not…
An Open Letter to the Friends Who Turned on Me in High School
Dear Friends Who Turned on Me in High School, I'm not sure why it happened. And quite frankly, that isn't the point. It doesn't matter that you ditched me right…
Eating Disorder Awareness Week
When I hear the words “Eating Disorder”, so many things go through my head. A sort of obsession around the topic has plagued my brain since I was thirteen years…
Back to School
Something I have discovered about myself is that I am not good at going back to school. Whether the semester prior was fantastic or brutal, whether my grades are sky…
Sick of Being Sick
I am a person who in the first decade and a half of my life experienced a fever maybe three times. I never broke any bones I never faced any…
Living With Anxiety
I always believed nothing in the world was worse than having anxiety. There is nothing like a panic attack, where you cannot breathe, your body has chills and you are…
Becoming Myself
I guess I was just detached. When you're young, the concept of self-awareness is almost irrelevant. You can be what you want, or at least you have people guiding you…