Advice From the Trenches

Dear C; The holidays are in full swing and a friend of mine dropped dead just yesterday. It was a bit of a jolt, mostly because I was about to […]

Dear C; I am still in a state of shock after the election. That first day I felt disbelief, then sank into a dark depression. After listening to Hillary’s concession […]

Dear C: I read an article on diabetes in the last issue of Motif that really got me thinking. My son goes to a school that feeds the kids breakfast […]

Dear C; I have a stalker. Don’t laugh, I really think I do. It’s a guy on my street. I’ve lived in this neighborhood for almost five years now, and I’ve […]

Dear C, I am trying to decide if I should stay in college after this semester. I just don’t feel like I need a degree in order to do what […]

Dear C, I had a persistent rattling cough that wouldn’t go away and was so exhausted I could barely move. My primary care doctor was on vacation, so I went […]

Dear C; I’m back in school. I know this is a great opportunity and a privilege, but it’s also stressful as hell. Last semester, I felt like I lost myself […]

Dear C; I’ve made some bad choices when it comes to men. I know that it probably has something to do with the fact that my dad was an alcoholic, […]

Dear C; I am a graphic designer for a small agency. It is my job to handle the computer files and graphics on all of the jobs that come through. […]

Dear C, I caught my partner masturbating in the middle of the night when I got up to use the bathroom. HE says he read online that it was good […]