Reflections on intuition, creativity, and the work that shapes us.
writer, deep feeler, silly little person.
Exploring and enjoying all the ways we can soften, slow down and hold deep space for ourselves.
Literary essays, published occasionally. On work culture, mothering, mysterious womenโs diseases, and redefining success. Striving to deliver little nuggets of beauty and sparks of insight.
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Essays by Heather Havrilesky, Ask Polly columnist and author of Foreverland: On the Divine Tedium of Marriage (2022), What If This Were Enough? (2018), How to Be a Person in the World (2016), and Disaster Preparedness (2011)