One True Thing

Life's questions, big and small

Jennifer Haupt

How to Rekindle Dreams Put On-Hold After Raising Kids

A Personal Perspective: It’s common for women to put their goals on hold when they become moms.

Come As You Are: How a Song Became a Story

A Personal Perspective: I interpreted these lyrics as the struggle for acceptance of self. The person you remember yourself to be and reconciling that image with who you are now.

Interview with Jacquelyn Mitchard: The Good Son

Could you go on loving your best beloved if they did the worst possible thing?

Zibby Owens on Making Time for What You Love

Mom, author, editor, and publisher Zibby Owens talks about making time for what you love to do — and more.

How Pets Help Us Grieve

Jenna Blum’s touching memoir details how her black Lab helped her grieve after her mom died. And then, in a full circle of love, Jenna cared for Woodrow during his final days.

Karen Karbo

Why Author Karen Karbo Gave Up Self-Improvement

Why striving to be "better" doesn't lead to feeling happier.

How to Raise a Feminist Son

How is raising a feminist son different than raising a feminist daughter? 

It's Never Too Late to Say No

I knew right away I didn't want to see him again but I agreed to another date anyway. Why? By Ann Garvin

A Legacy of Complicated Hope

My father, a Holocaust survivor, taught me that where there’s life, there’s hope.

Ana Hebra Flaster

Hope Sings

A daughter of a Cuban refugee recounts how her father's canaries pulled them from one day to the next, through the grief of the pandemic.

How Not to Cure Treatment-Resistant Depression

Would micro-dosing a highly addictive opioid be the cure I'd been looking for?

After Rape: A Welcomed Return to Self

Rape victims often talk about a “before and after” understanding of self. How do you redefine self after trauma?

Scott James: Grief Builds When a Life Is “Stolen”

While I was deep into writing the book, I received a phone call. My mother was in the hospital. She’d been in a car wreck.

Joan Frank: The Late Work Bylaws

A sudden awareness of shrinking time has a striking way of showing us what is truly important: friendship and creativity.

Hope Edelman: Exposing the 5 Myths of Grief

Grief isn't a one-size-fits-all process. What does it look like for you?

Dinty W. Moore: Sit the Hell Down

"I imagined my retirement as a bursting forth, a late-stage adventure, a time to travel ... Maybe it will be, someday."

Gina Frangello: Final Act

"We didn’t even know how to use Zoom until an hour before, but here we were sending out Zoom invitations to our pop-up wedding..."

David Sheff: Turning Grief into Active Compassion

"We can treat our pain and create change when we turn our anger into action, when we connect with others, and we do our best to help those in need."

My Shelter-in-Place Dance Party

Now, more than ever, I need to dance — to choose joy, even if only for 30 seconds. It’s a way to have a glimmer of control during this dark time. For me, it’s also a prayer for those who are struggling.

Kristen Millares Young

Kristen Millares Young: The Inescapable Joys of Motherhood

A mother gets to know her children better during the time of isolation.

Poet Jane Hirshfield: Today, When I Could Do Nothing

A poet connects with nature during the time of isolation.

Caroline Leavitt: Sibling Estrangement and Social Distancing

I want to know she’s safe... And maybe, too, the truth is, what I really yearn for is for her to want to know that I am safe.

Erica Bauermeister: How to Make a House a Home

How do you renovate your life? Start with your home.

Christine Hemp: Love Lessons from My Horse

What animals can teach us about staying present, facing fear, and accepting joy.

Gina Frangello: 10 Things I Learned About Love From Divorce

Ten things I've learned about how to let go—and go forward—with decency and mercy.

Adrienne Brodeur Talks About Keeping Her Mother’s Secrets

Adrienne Brodeur's new memoir is a moving, masterful mother-daughter story about the secrets we keep and the pain we endure for love.

Tim O'Brien on Becoming a Parent at 58

"My intent was ... just to scribble down short love letters to my sons, little messages in a bottle they might stumble across decades after my death."

Fake News Has Real Consequences in Haiti

We must hold the media accountable for reporting in a truthful, non-partisan way.

Dawn Raffel: Four Yoga Practices to Boost Creativity

Yoga is a great way to practice Svadhyaya, or self-study, and as we tune into what's going on in the body and mind, the pathways to creativity often become untangled.

R.L. Maizes: When Your Cat Falls for Your Partner

I've never been the jealous type--until my cat fell in love with my husband.

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