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✦ A bestselling, Featured Substack ✦ Where we re-imagine mental health (and the publishing industry) with the relaunch of my first memoir, Pathological…
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February 2025
What's Keeping You Mentally Healthy Right Now?
Little 'm,' little 'h'
Feb 16
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Sarah Fay
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What's Keeping You Mentally Healthy Right Now?
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January 2025
Grief Work and Giving a Book New Life
Both are happening...
Jan 18
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Sarah Fay
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December 2024
What Will Really Matter on Your Deathbed
I’ve never been around someone who was dying until today.
Dec 22, 2024
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Sarah Fay
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What Will Really Matter on Your Deathbed
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What's one thing you'll fear less?
What’s one thing you’ll be fearless about?
Dec 7, 2024
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Sarah Fay
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What's one thing you'll fear less?
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November 2024
On Fasting and Being Fed in the 1990s
My boyfriend Chris went out to our backyard vegetable garden and returned with two armfuls of freshly picked yellow squash.
Nov 23, 2024
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Sarah Fay
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On Fasting and Being Fed in the 1990s
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What's one thing you'll try to be less exceptional at?
We’re obsessed with being ultra, super, exceptional—at least in the U.S. Ultramarathoners. Super communicators. What’s one thing you’ll try to be less…
Nov 2, 2024
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October 2024
How My Interview with Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh Almost Changed My Life
I met the late Thich Nhat Hanh in 2010 when I interviewed him at his monastery Plum Village in Southern France.
Oct 20, 2024
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How My Interview with Buddhist Teacher Thich Nhat Hanh Almost Changed My Life
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Mindfulness Misconceived (Thich Nhat Hanh Has a Cold)
I met the late Thich Nhat Hanh in 2010 when I interviewed him at his monastery Plum Village in Southern France. I wasn’t a Buddhist, and I wasn’t much…
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Oct 20, 2024
Is FX's 'The English Teacher' at the Forefront of Mental Health?
Answer: Yes. A look at the Kayla episode of "The English Teacher" and how it may just change the conversation around the mental health crisis.
Oct 10, 2024
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Sarah Fay
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Is FX's 'The English Teacher' at the Forefront of Mental Health?
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What will you simplify this month?
“A little simplification would be the first step toward rational living.” —Eleanor Roosevelt
Oct 5, 2024
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September 2024
The Shame of Not Reading
A look at how easy and painful it can be to let books go. Easy because at the time I lost my ability to read, bookstores had shuttered. Painful because…
Sep 21, 2024
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