How Coffee Caused Me to Gain Nearly 10 Pounds — After stepping on the scale at a recent doctor’s visit, I was shocked to see that I had gained nearly 10 pounds. I have always been more or less on the leaner side for most of my life. Even after having two kids, I somehow managed to lose most of…

How it felt being told I was too boring to date — I’ve had a lot of insecurities in my life. My appearance. My body. You name it. But being boring was never one of them. That is until my boyfriend dumped me out of the blue for “not being interesting enough” (his words, not mine). At the time, I was too…

I got fired and dumped all in one week — and lived to tell it… I’ve never dealt with rejection well. Do you know that kid who would cry over spilled milk? Well, it was a bottle of water in my case, and it was only because my 3rd-grade teacher…

How it feels when all of your friends are richer than you — You know that movie “Friends with Money” starring Jennifer Aniston? Sometimes it feels like I am living the real-life version of it. You see, all of my friends have money. And not just a little — a lot. …

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Spoiler: It has nothing to do with my prescriptions. . . — When I read that Rite-Aid, CVS and Walgreens will be closing more than 1,500 stores, I was surprised that I had feelings about this. A lot. I never realized how much these drugstores meant to me until I learned that they would be closing. Where else can you get a…

How I’m coping with feelings of insecurity about my street — I might as well say it: I live in a starter home. It is nothing glamorous or fancy and it’s no more than 1,000 square feet, but it’s the best I could afford. And I'm proud of being able to own my own place — that is, I was, until…

Is therapy worth the costly price — and the stress that comes with affording it? — I’ll be the first to admit: Therapy has helped me tremendously. It has helped me stay calm (for the most part) under the everyday pressures of being a working parent, and it has helped me strengthen my relationships. But at what price? I was looking over my household expenses the…

How I finally got help for my wild PMDD-induced mood swings — I started to notice a pattern to my rage-induced arguments. They would happen almost to the same day every month. And that’s when I realized, it is linked to my menstrual cycles. Like clockwork, every month, I get, well, just plain irritable. If you so much as look at me…