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April 2024

My Mental Health Drastically Improved When I Stopped Posting on Social Media
How I'm moving past being online every waking moment and finding peace in my offline life
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Rachel Kramer Bussel
17

March 2024

Coming to Terms With My Misguided Job Snobbery
What if restaurants and retail were the answer after all?
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Liz Alterman
5
When MeToo Meets I Do
I keep the awful truth that my husband raped me hidden under my bed
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Stella Grae
2

February 2024

The Place Where I Bury My Bats
Wildlife rehabilitation helped me find new meaning in a post-pandemic world
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Jessica Harvey
4
Life After Caregiving
All the things I shouldn’t say about the devastatingly lonely aftermath of grief
 • 
Anastasia Jill
11

January 2024

Retail Anxiety: The Necklace I Had to Have
My jewelry shopping trip made me question my identity
 • 
Lynette
7
A Teacher's Secret Life
The hardest tests happen outside of the classroom
 • 
Benjamin Haynes
6
The Most Popular Personal Essays of 2023
And the future of Open Secrets
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Open Secrets

December 2023

The Edge of Winter
Shaving my dear friend’s head during her cancer recovery was a transformative experience
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Susan Gower
8
Gifts of My Magi
My Christmas in the hospital waiting for a heart transplant
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Dawn Levitt
2
The (News) Paper Trail
Facing what’s left of a career in print journalism
 • 
Kate Stone Lombardi
19
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