Checking In
Ruth ClarkA weekly essay curiously exploring mental health, personal growth, real relationships, and the messiness of being human.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 65 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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my new job, and why everyone is asking me about lindsay clancy.
I started a new job last week, and dare I say…it’s my dream job? If it’s not my dream job, it’s close — I’m working as a perinatal mental health clinician in an outpatient clinic at a local hospital.
I was pretty happy in my last role, alb...
a case for not traveling solo.
I’ve been writing about solo travel for over a decade now, ever since I left home with a one-way ticket to Southeast Asia and no plan. I’ve written blog posts, newsletters, Substacks, Instagram captions, and the bones of an actual book.
I’...
the summer list, a long-standing tradition.
a sweet little free printable.
A long-standing summer tradition, since 2015 (11 years ago!). New for 2026.
a case for not hurtling oneself through each day.
Instead, hanging up the phone and choosing to make space.
I recently read an article in The Atlantic titled, “Is Hurry the Great Enemy of Spiritual Life?”
how to be free.
You’ll want to go home over, and over, and over again, and you won’t let yourself. Not until you get what you came for.
(Ten years ago, in March 2016, I boarded a plane for Vietnam, planning to live there and teach English for a year. One...
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