Impurity Culture

I no longer believe in God. Growing up religious, I viewed non-believers with pity. Their lives certainly lacked meaning and truth....

Last spring, I dropped out of graduate school, a decision of vast pride. Usually dropping out and pride live in different sentences, so...

I’ve been interrogating 3 am. Asking the night who I am? And what I ought to do? And why, well why any of it? Why life? And why...

The thought of freedom continually rings in my mind. Not an eagle-chirping, American-flag-waving “freedom”, but psychological freedom....

I spent much of 2023 in a prolonged mental health crisis. Mental health is exasperating. I recognize the immense beauty, privilege, and...

This week I started experiencing panic attacks. Anxiety and I are old acquaintances. We understand each other now. I know anxiety’s...

I believe in God. I know how polarizing this statement is. For years, I repressed, ignored, or avoided this truth in my life. I feared...

I have depressive and anxious thoughts, I always will, and that is okay. I spent four years in therapy trying desperately to cure myself....

How can we be happy in a world flooded with devastation? This question has pressed on my mind for the last three years as we lived...