Apr 4Member-onlyHow to Find Yourself Again After a Break-upI’m coming out of the shell of a life I once knew all too well. The routine of a relationship I wasn’t too happy in but I was comfortable. Sound familiar? It’s not easy to walk away from a relationship or a life you built with someone. In my world…Love2 min read
Published in emilymariewrites·Dec 29, 2020Member-onlyHow My Heartbreak Led Me to an Open Relationship with a Married CoupleEscaping the grip of heartbreak is like trying to climb out of quicksand before you are swallowed by the pain. Once it all hits you all you can do is try to come up for air and tell yourself to do the one basic thing you’ve been doing since birth…Relationships16 min read
Oct 26, 2020Member-onlyCoping with the Waves of Mom GuiltYou will never be the perfect parent but you can find grace. Do you ever just feel like a complete idiot in parenting? The mom guilt is strong today. After losing my patience with my son I just want to crawl in a shell and whip myself for being an…Motherhood3 min read
Oct 19, 2020Member-onlyHow to Rebuild a Relationship with an Estranged ParentIt’s not easy but you can do it A little over a year ago I stopped talking to my mother. When I was a little girl we had a close relationship and then things changed. She became more abusive and distant as I got older. When I left and joined…Family4 min read
Oct 16, 2020Member-onlyThis Unconventional Dating Strategy Might Lead You to the OneThe search for your life partner can be exhausting especially if you’ve been looking for a while. At first, being single can be fun and an opportunity to get to know yourself. It’s the ultimate flex for self-care and “self-love” where you start seeing Instagram feeds flood with bubble bath…Love4 min read
Oct 15, 2020Member-onlyWhy You Keep Attracting the Wrong ManFor the longest time I kept falling for the wrong guys. They all had one thing in common — they were emotionally unavailable. I craved a relationship but yet I couldn’t get honest with myself. So I played games like the “I’ll wait to respond so I don’t look too…Love4 min read
Published in Curious·Oct 10, 2020Member-onlyWhen a Partner Cheats, Do You Stay or Do You Go?Cheating is a complicated subject. There are many layers to what defines infidelity in a relationship. Most often it’s assumed a partner in the relationship had sex with another person outside of the relationship. While cheating is often assumed to be a physical act you hear of relationships ending over…Relationships4 min read
Published in Curious·Sep 28, 2020Member-onlySigns You’re a Toxic Partner and How You Can ChangeSelf-work is the hardest work but worth it. Do you ever notice how we tend to shift responsibility of a toxic relationship solely to the other person? It’s so easy to think that if we just end this toxic relationship we no longer will have the problems we have or…Relationships4 min read
Published in Sexography·Sep 27, 2020Member-onlyWhy My New Self-Care Routine Now Includes MasturbationSelf-care is many things including pleasing yourself — For the longest time, I thought of masturbation as a thing you do with someone else or if I was horny I’d masturbate. Sometimes I did it to relieve stress or help me fall asleep. I’ve usually enjoyed my partners masturbating me or us masturbating together and it’s been a…Sex3 min read
Published in emilymariewrites·Sep 16, 2020Member-onlyThe Biggest Regret I Have Of Almost Losing My Mom to SuicideThe day my mom attempted suicide I immediately hopped on a bus from New York City to Virginia to visit her. It had been a nearly a year since we had last spoke out of my own resentments around her not protecting me from the sexual abuse with my father…Suicide5 min read
