Let me start with this on a Monday morning: I am overwhelmed with gratitude at the kind words and thoughts following my last post. All of you remind me of what I spend time trying to remind you of: that there are silent and not-so-silent crowds out there pulling for you. So thank you for …
Yesterday, I underwent a fairly major medical procedure to fix some longstanding back problems that finally got bad enough to require treatment. My doctor says it went well and I’m recovering now, but as we head into this weekend, I have a few things I was reminded of that I want you to think about …
Not very long ago, I got myself an Amazon Echo. Though I thought about the implications of having an always-on microphone in my living space, I figured it was also going to live in my office and my not-so-secret geeky side got seduced by being able to say, “Computer, play me some music.” Imagine my …
Yesterday, I ran across an interview in the New York Times “In Her Words” series between Mara Altman, journalist, and Luce Brett, memoirist, where they discussed embarrassing bodily functions and problems. One of the points they brought up was how taboo those topics are and how that leads to both feelings of aloneness and perhaps …
If you’ve been following along here at On Her Own, you know that I’m rather open that there isn’t much in the way of certainties of self-defense against violent strangers. Every strategy and every tool is about increasing your odds in bad situations, but no single one is enough to guarantee your safety. Sometimes, it …
Acid attacks are terrifying: someone runs up and splashes a liquid on your face and suddenly, all you can feel is searing pain. At best, the chemical burns are mild and simply hurt. At worst, they blind and permanently disfigure you. They are most often the result of random violence, or specifically targeted at women …
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Moving sucks. Most of you are agreeing and cringing with me right now because you know. You know how much it sucks to have to pack everything up, haul it out of your old place, get it into your new place, get everything back out of boxes (maybe), and figure out where to put it …
Impostor Syndrome. The idea that you’re not really as good as everyone thinks you are and that someday, possibly soon, everybody will realize you’re just a fraud. Are you familiar with it? Maybe it pops up when you’re at work, when you aren’t really sure you deserve your job. Maybe you get that niggling feeling …
Amazon Prime Days are happening now, and I took the opportunity to pick up a little something for home security: an August Smart Lock (affiliate link for Prime Member deal). Smart locks and “Internet of Things” devices sometimes get a bit of a bad rap for security, but I thought you might be interested in …
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Many of you have probably seen the various social media campaigns and community events and scrolled by them thinking that they can’t possibly touch on your life or the lives of those you know. Statistically, you’re wrong. Currently, approximately one quarter to one third of all women and men …
