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Rachel Kramer Bussel on Personal Essays, Podcasting, and Pitching Open Secrets
Huge thanks to for a great conversation about what personal essays mean to her, our attachment to our possessions, how to pitch , and so much more. And apparently my Internet decided it was a good time to be wonky so my apologies for any t...
When a Memoirist Becomes a Novelist
If someone had asked me 20 years ago what genre my first book would be, I wouldn’t have hesitated: fiction.
In fact, 20 years ago I was writing fiction. After having my first child, my brain was in baby mode and most of the books I was rea...
Rebecca Morrison on Turning Her Memoir into a Novel for Teens
Huge thanks to for a super fun conversation about her must-read book THE BLUE DRESS, how she turned her memoir into a novel for teens, the importance of writing communities, what books she’s reading to help her write her next book, and so...
5 Takeaways from My Interview with 2 Therapists about Communication, Relationships, and Divorce
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If you’ve known me long enough, you know that I’m a huge proponent of therapy.
I’ve been to couples therapy with my ex-husband during our marriage, I stayed in therapy after my divorce to figure out my l...
Colette Jane Fehr + Oona Metz on Communication, Relationships + Divorce
Thank you so much to everyone who tuned in for our live chat on Monday! Huge thanks to Oona Metz and Colette Jane Fehr for an awesome conversation about communication, relationships and divorce, as well as their must-read books Unhitched an...
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Heather Sweeney's work has appeared in The New York Times, Washington Post, HuffPost, Business Insider, and elsewhere. Her military divorce memoir CAMOUFLAGE: How I Emerged from the Shadows of a Military Marriage is out now!
Open Secrets is a lit mag and community for memorable, revealing personal essays about all the subjects we're taught to keep “secret.”
Author of THE BLUE DRESS, a novel based on her childhood as an Iranian immigrant w/body image & mother-daughter relationship struggles, published March 24, 2026, from Macmillan's FSG.
Couples therapist for nearly fifteen years. Author of The Cost of Quiet (Penguin Random House). Now also enjoying podcasting, speaking, and doing radio and TV. I write about relationships, communication, and going after what you want in life.
Essayist/ Writing Professor at Antioch University. Publications; HuffPost, Brevity Blog, Hippocampus, Manifest Station and more. Currently working on her memoir, I'll Show You.
Jacque Gorelick is an essayist who writes about family, motherhood, health, and estrangement. Her debut memoir, Map of a Heart: A Memoir of Love, Loss, and Finding the Way Home, is forthcoming with Vine Leaves Press (February 2026).
I'm the author of Unhitched: The Essential Divorce Guide for Women. I am also a therapist, a mom and a step mom. I'm passionate about reducing the shame and stigma of divorce.
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