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,...
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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
- 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
- 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 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 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...
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...
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,...
elyse hughes
- Oct 7, 2021
- 3 min
From What Faded (III of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
One occupational hazard of being friends with entrepreneurs is receiving their email newsletters after you’re no longer friends. The...
elyse hughes
- Sep 25, 2021
- 4 min
A Slower Rise
Sometimes I let the nightmares keep me in bed. I’d be lucid, but not in control, allowing turmoil to play out in front of me, scratching...
elyse hughes
- Sep 18, 2021
- 3 min
The Fallout (II of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
Why does the shit stick? Not the times we listened with our heart wide open to catch the other’s pain . . . stopped everything to be...
elyse hughes
- Aug 22, 2021
- 5 min
It Was Like A Death (I of V in the Friend Breakup Series)
It hurt to think of her, memory still bloated and raw with pain . . . regret. It was like a death, our breakup. I attempted to soften it...
elyse hughes
- Aug 20, 2020
- 4 min
A Relaxing Hot Bath
For someone who’s all about self-care, I couldn’t remember the last time I took a bath. After a full day of spiritual workshop with...
elyse hughes
- Sep 14, 2019
- 2 min
The Things I'd Like To Say
I’d like to say to you, the things I’d like to say to myself. You are worthy of a great life, regardless of what you’ve done, or haven’t...
elyse hughes
- Apr 1, 2019
- 7 min
Shitbox Slumps + A Lil' Bit A' Writing
March 1st, 2017 is a personally epic date for me. It’s the day I stepped away from three years of misguided entrepreneurial hustle and...
elyse hughes
- Jan 9, 2019
- 5 min
A Year Of Cleansing
My favorite way to drink coffee was black with stevia + a lemon ring. I loved powdered greens mixed in cold water with big ice cubes—the...
elyse hughes
- Dec 30, 2018
- 2 min
Kitty Cat's New Year
I live with this kitty cat named Jaxy Panda Oreo Cookie Baby Boy. Jaxy Panda for short. Every morning, if I’m not awake to open the...
elyse hughes
- Jun 26, 2018
- 3 min
Beautiful Bundles Of Contradiction
I’ve often thought that the paradox of “Me” was something to fix or rectify. I needed to act in accordance with beliefs I subscribed to...
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