Samantha GianulisAt Home in The Season of the WitchThis post is not a love letter to the consumerist version of fall. Not because I don’t love autumnal landscapes, I covet them and await the…Sep 30Sep 30
Samantha GianulisThe Dueling Inner Voices of the Scribe: Optimist vs. Pessimist vs. PragmatistI sit down to write. The voices begin dueling. I let them do their thing.Sep 27Sep 27
Samantha GianulisWorking the Steps Like a Good GirlI didn’t give much thought to what I was going to say. But I stood in front of the funhouse mirror on the back of my bedroom door (nothing…Sep 27Sep 27
Samantha GianulisNow that I’m not afraid to say “mental illness,” I can focus on my mental health.It wasn’t yet 4:00 a.m. Brown noise filled my bedroom, and it was still dark outside. I was wide awake and my head felt and sounded like a…Sep 17Sep 17
Samantha Gianulis10 pounds in 3 days, and other liesAnyone remember the cabbage soup diet? Yeah, that one. The bitter root of my lifelong pursuit of skinny.Sep 12Sep 12