How to Tell Someone Your Pronouns
Telling someone about your pronouns and asking them to use them can be a bit scary, especially if you’ve identified with a different set of pronouns before! To make it a tiny bit less intimidating, let’s break it down into different scenarios. Asking the people in your life to use new pronouns, and even a […]
Teaching Kids Self-Love and Creating a Healthy Body Image
Kids don’t start thinking about how their body looks until someone points out something “wrong” with it (we’re gonna use a lot of air quotes in this article by the way, so BUCKLE UP!). No five-year-old kid looks at themselves in the mirror and sees “too much” or “too little” of anything unless they’re taught […]
8 Ways to Avoid Losing Yourself in a Relationship
Relationships are wonderful. Being in a relationship can feel like you get to hang out and make out with your best friend all the time. It’s pretty great! But that can sometimes become our whoooole world! You don’t connect with your friends as much, you stop doing activities you love, all because you’re totally infatuated […]
How to Ask for a Mental Health Day From Work
Sometimes, we just need to take a mental health day from work. Our brains can only take so much before they need a break. Looking after your mental health is so important, so don’t feel guilty about it! It’s just as important as your physical health. We know that sounds super cheesy and that people […]
Does Therapy Work? Yes, and It’s Awesome
In our opinion, therapy is one of the BEST ways to help you divethru anything you might be facing in your life. These problems could be anywhere on the scale from “this is the worst fucking thing that’s ever happened to me” to “I don’t know how to tell my sister to stop borrowing my […]
How to Practice Self-Care After Coming Out
The anxiety around coming out can really take a toll on your wellbeing. It’s not as easy as running out into the street, arms wide open, screaming “I’M GAAAAAYYYYY!” and calling it a day. Chances are, you sat down with someone you trust and had a super personal, vulnerable conversation about it. Which is a-m-a-z-i-n-g, […]
How to Support Someone Who Comes Out to You
Ok, so someone in your life has just made a huge step in owning their sexuality by coming out to you. Good news: they clearly trust you A LOT. It can be a really scary experience (and they’re really brave!). Maybe you’re even the first person they’ve told! In that case, you’re probably someone who […]
How to Use Gender-Neutral Pronouns in Conversation
Using gender-neutral pronouns can be a bit of an adjustment. We are taught in school that when we are talking about someone, we should refer to them as he/him or she/her. These rules become part of our everyday vernacular and have made it challenging to use and encourage the use of more inclusive language. Here […]