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What I Learned In The Five Years Since I Became A Bereaved Sibling

Why my parents’ grieve is the hardest part about losing my brother

7 min readJan 7, 2024

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A Loved One’s Suicide Does Not Condemn You to Eternal Misery

Why it’s okay to feel okay, especially when grieving suicide

5 min readJan 25, 2024

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A Loved One’s Suicide Does Not Condemn You to Eternal Misery

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Helping Others to Support You in Grief

How helping my friends navigate my grief after my brother’s suicide benefited me in the long run

8 min readSep 26, 2023

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Dream Scenario On The Perils of Social Media and AI

Being ostracized, cancelled, and punished for doing absolutely nothing

4 min readFeb 17, 2024

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Dream Scenario On The Perils of Social Media and AI

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Digital Global Traveler

The Expat’s Guide To Befriending a German

Five things you should know about Germans before trying to befriend one

7 min readFeb 2, 2024

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The Expat’s Guide To Befriending a German

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Invisible Illness

The Hierarchy of Grief

Useful tool or toxic concept?

6 min readJan 30, 2024

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The Hierarchy of Grief

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Invisible Illness

Confessions of A Social Alcoholic

Why I decided to quit drinking for a year

5 min readOct 27, 2023

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Confessions of A Social Alcoholic

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Fanfare

Rebecca Makkai’s “I Have Some Questions For You” on Why Some Victims of Abuse Only Come Forward…

Why education matters to support victims of abuse to come forward sooner

6 min readSep 10, 2023

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Rebecca Makkai’s “I Have Some Questions For You” on Why Some Victims of Abuse Only Come Forward…

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The Orange Journal

Good For You Doesn’t Mean Good For Me

How realizing that someone else’s forward may not be in the right direction for me helped me to celebrate my friend’s accomplishments…

3 min readSep 9, 2023

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ILLUMINATION-Curated

Why Making a Life-Changing Decision Feels Much Harder When It Means Giving Up a Comfortable Status…

The perils of not having a door closing in your life

3 min readSep 4, 2023

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Why Making a Life-Changing Decision Feels Much Harder When It Means Giving Up a Comfortable Status…

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Alina Schwarz

Alina Schwarz

Writing about my experiences with grief and suicide | Pop-culture essays on TV and books | Essays on anything on my mind | Humor & Satire

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