Sleeping Wild
When I was a kid, our parents dictated that we wash the sheets every two weeks, a routine so regular it was religion. When the designated...
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elyse hughes
- Feb 28
- 3 min
Getting Somewhere
When I first started writing Big Blogs, it was my way of sharing deeper and speaking truer. I’d been doing that in writing my first book,...
elyse hughes
- Feb 6
- 4 min
Rejecting The Olive Branch
I didn’t want to forget the time before the struggles began sloughing off like old, dry skin. A time when every aspect of life except my...
elyse hughes
- Oct 6, 2022
- 8 min
On Fear
You have nothing else to do and nowhere else to be. There’s only this. This page. These ideas. Now is all that matters. That’s what I...
elyse hughes
- Sep 17, 2022
- 5 min
The Dailies
A gathering of dishes in the sink. The yard begging for water under a scorching desert sun. A litter box of pits and dunes, crusty...
elyse hughes
- Apr 24, 2022
- 4 min
My Magic
When too many days passed without writing, all of life became a chore. Literally, chores overwhelmed me, and suddenly, that’s all there...
elyse hughes
- Apr 8, 2022
- 4 min
The First Week Of April
In the first week of April, the plants took a deep breath. Everything budding, blooming, stretching out and smiling in the sun. Birds...
elyse hughes
- Mar 19, 2022
- 5 min
Why Weight Gain (or anything else) ISN'T A Result Of Spiritual Misalignment
Remembering this Divine truth — that love is who you are — is key to your healing, for your relationship to food is an area where your...
elyse hughes
- Mar 12, 2022
- 3 min
Luxury
As my grandmother used to say, “Dirt will wait, but your children growing up so quickly won’t.” She didn’t mean that we should live in...
elyse hughes
- Mar 5, 2022
- 2 min
Missing You
Mmmmm, I miss you Chad. The delicious ache of aged loss swelled inside me. How many years had it been now? — since he’d gone. Who else...
elyse hughes
- Feb 20, 2022
- 2 min
That Kind Of Writer
I stayed up late into the night, devouring The Great Alone by Kristin Hannah, engrossed by the awe, maturity and knowing with which it...
elyse hughes
- Feb 11, 2022
- 3 min
Burning Bridges
Sometimes I think back on stories I’ve written, things I’ve shared, and am hit by a panicked wave. Maybe I shouldn’t have said that!...
elyse hughes
- Feb 2, 2022
- 3 min
Moon Rise
I was somewhat begrudgingly playing with my cat, when I looked out the window. The evening hours were our time, and while I cherished our...
elyse hughes
- Dec 22, 2021
- 5 min
Do I Exist? | How Social Media Affects Self-Perception
My last Instagram post was on August 23rd. My last email newsletter was July 11th, 2020 — yikes. My last Facebook post was on December...
elyse hughes
- Dec 12, 2021
- 3 min
The Mic Drop
“I call that the mic drop,” I explained after flopping down sideways on the bed like a seal. He gave me the side-eye and a small laugh,...
elyse hughes
- Dec 5, 2021
- 8 min
Why Being Self-Absorbed Is Essential To Self-Caring
Someone recently brought to my attention that there’s a difference between self-care and being self-absorbed. As if I didn’t know, but...
elyse hughes
- Nov 29, 2021
- 9 min
Beanbag Mornings
I sat on the oversized beanbag that filled our living room beyond max capacity, and plopped a square velvet pillow in the diamond of my...
elyse hughes
- Nov 19, 2021
- 6 min
On Writing, Surviving Stuckness & Living Lighter
I was convinced that I could write my way out of this. The broke years, inner angst and fear of living. The self-doubt, coping mechanisms...
elyse hughes
- Nov 14, 2021
- 5 min
This Simple Life
As I snuggled under a happily matted fleece throw, tea lights glowing amber, fall air sifting through the screens, crisp and burnt — I...
elyse hughes
- Nov 7, 2021
- 5 min
The Great Big Wall (V of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
I hadn’t taken into account how wrong I would feel. For all the things I said, or didn’t. I didn’t feel guilty for the things she wanted...
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