June 16, 2025

Anxiety

Anxiety is More Than Just Being Shy Pop culture shines a spotlight on anxiety, and the formative years can be the culprit.

Having teenage daughters keeps me current with what’s hip in the world. From music to clothes to new slang, I feel in the loop, and simply put, it excites me to know all of the cool things kids are doing these days. It keeps me young.

How the Breakfast Club director used an analog second brain rather than a digital one

John Hughes, legendary director of The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, and Sixteen Candles, didn’t just write films — he lived a writer’s life. When he passed away on August 6, 2009, just days after my 29th birthday, I was in grad school for writing, but I hadn’t yet figured out what it truly meant to live as a writer.