16 stories about Personal Essays curated by Danielle Loewen

Nov 2

16 stories

Oct 25

Sometimes the Dark Side of the Moon Is the Cure for a Lonely Heart

A night of music and post-relationship mentorship

May 28

The Worst Part Isn’t the Sadness or the Grief

Why the second arrow always hurts more

inWriters’ Blokke

Aug 7

10 Things I Could Possibly Live a Bleak and Empty Life Without

And the pictures to prove I never will

Even Frail, Broken Humans Can Create Miracles

The small kindnesses of strangers are the way the Universe says ‘I love you’

inWriters’ Blokke

Sep 10

Are You Mind-Blind?

What it’s like reading and writing without mental pictures

My Most Satisfying Breakup of All Time

They aren’t all a heart-destroying apocalypse

Sep 22

A Long, Dark Night on Ayahuasca Was an Unexpectedly Liberating Experience

It took a psychoactive drug to show me my self-worth

I Used to Judge Parents Who Looked at Their Cell Phones

And then I became one

inPolitically Speaking

Aug 19

My Privileged Body as I Reenter the City

Walking through Treaty 1 in spirals

Reclaiming My Inner Space on a Nicaraguan Beach

Movement and play are potent medicine

Maybe There Are Two “Species” of Humans: Collaborators and Competitors

What if the Wachowskis were right?

Jul 12

I’m Still Mad My Parents Sold My Childhood Home

My playground and my first laboratory

Children play on a swing. Fall leaves are scattered on the ground.

May 11

My Grandfather’s Typewriter Reminds Me To Carry On

How do we choose which legacies to carry forward? Which ones do we leave behind?

Aug 31

It’s Easier to Balance When Your Eyes Are Looking Forward

What I learned from acro yoga about working through life’s wobbles

Our Vital Human Need to Move Together

Food, shelter, safety, love, migration.