Essays
The messy middle.
Sharp, emotionally honest essays about motherhood, mental health, reinvention, ambition, and creative identity—written from the thick of it.
Featured essays
Modern life,
through motherhood.
Three pieces that introduce the larger questions in my work—identity, money, grief, ambition, and the horrifying realization that you are apparently the adult now.
01Money, money, money…On creative work, financial panic, and the humiliating business of needing a life to cost less.↗02I’ll Go LastOn manners, motherhood, and why making other people comfortable still matters.↗03Am I Spoiling My Daughter or Rewriting My Childhood?On boundaries, inheritance, and the quiet terror of trying to parent differently.↗
Latest essays
New from
The Messy Middle.
New writing on motherhood, ambition, grief, reinvention, and the mess of being alive.
01July 11, 2026Bring Back Boring Nudity
A case for group showers, nude locker rooms and the freedom to learn about pubic hair trends from something other than porn
Read on Substack ↗02June 25, 2026Rest easy, Perfect Pepper(It’s long)
Read on Substack ↗03June 23, 2026Still Here, Already Goneon life and death and living somewhere in the middle of it all
Read on Substack ↗04May 27, 2026Money, money, money…(Must be funny. It has been for me)
Read on Substack ↗Every week