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    My Magic
    elyse hughes
    • Apr 24
    • 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...
    The First Week Of April
    elyse hughes
    • Apr 8
    • 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...
    Why Weight Gain (or anything else) ISN'T A Result Of Spiritual Misalignment
    elyse hughes
    • Mar 19
    • 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...
    Luxury
    elyse hughes
    • Mar 12
    • 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...
    Missing You
    elyse hughes
    • Mar 5
    • 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...
    That Kind Of Writer
    elyse hughes
    • Feb 20
    • 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...
    Burning Bridges
    elyse hughes
    • Feb 11
    • 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!...
    Moon Rise
    elyse hughes
    • Feb 2
    • 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...
    Do I Exist? | How Social Media Affects Self-Perception
    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...
    The Mic Drop
    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,...
    Why Being Self-absorbed Is Essential To Self-Caring
    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...
    Beanbag Mornings
    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...
    On Writing, Surviving Stuckness & Living Lighter
    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...
    This Simple Life
    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...
    The Great Big Wall (V of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
    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...
    Sharing, Showing Up & Learning To Live In The Virtual Age
    elyse hughes
    • Nov 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    Sharing, Showing Up & Learning To Live In The Virtual Age

    Scratch that. Start over. What can I say? I’m too in my head and I know it. Thinking of who will read this and what they’ll think. I need...
    Over It Then In It (IV of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
    elyse hughes
    • Oct 29, 2021
    • 5 min

    Over It Then In It (IV of V in the Friend Breakup Series)

    I had a dream that she was telling me off. Then telling me off some more. Securing the last word, yet again. Then the scenery changed to...
    Cheeseburger In The Dark
    elyse hughes
    • Oct 23, 2021
    • 5 min

    Cheeseburger In The Dark

    I pulled into an empty parking lot outside the closed health food store, sliding into a spot under a tree that cast me in shadow,...
    These In-Between Times
    elyse hughes
    • Oct 15, 2021
    • 3 min

    These In-Between Times

    There are days that I wake up sad. Or it sinks in unexpectedly, out of nowhere, for reasons unknown. Everything weighted and bleak, all...
    A New Friend?
    elyse hughes
    • Oct 14, 2021
    • 3 min

    A New Friend?

    For most of my life, friends had come to me. They were just there, in the seat next to me in class, building on banter at countless jobs,...
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