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✦ A bestselling, Featured Substack ✦ Where we re-imagine mental health (and the publishing industry) with the relaunch of my first memoir, Pathological…
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Pathological just made the USA TODAY bestseller list
We did it!
Jul 9, 2025
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Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses
Powerful, mesmerizing, and unputdownable, Pathological sits alongside the other brave and inspiring classics of our time that explore a more…
Apr 13, 2025
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Pathological: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses
AN APPLE BOOKS PICK OF THE MONTH | “Masterfully written, distinctively researched, deeply humane . . . Genius.”—ANTHONY SWOFFORD, author of Jarhead | “A…
Jun 30, 2023
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Apple chose Pathological as one of its Best Books
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Mar 6, 2022
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5 Ways of Looking at Mental Health Recovery
My father stares pensively at his phone. We’re at our usual table in Starbucks. A water for me, ginger tea for him. I showed him how to download an app…
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The Solution to the Mental Health Crisis
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Educated by Anxiety = Educated by Possibility
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Nov 21, 2025
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A Short History of How We've Failed People With Mental Illnesses
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Nov 21, 2025
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The Recipe for Perfect Mental Health
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Nov 16, 2025
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Why Where You Live Determines If You Recover from Mental Illness
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Nov 8, 2025
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What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Addiction
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Oct 11, 2025
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Soften vs. Toughen Up: Brene Brown vs. "Jocko"
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Oct 6, 2025
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Beyond Pathological
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A Pathological Conversation with Sarah Fay
Nearly 60 people showed up to this live recording to hear me talk about all things mental health, living a spiritual life, and my memoir Pathological…
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Pathological just made the USA TODAY bestseller list
We did it!
Jul 9, 2025
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Why We Love Neuromythology Even Though We Know It's Wrong
It's just so tempting...
Jul 5, 2025
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This has taken me too long to share...
When I announced the re-release of Pathological, a pit formed in my stomach.
Apr 12, 2025
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What's Keeping You Mentally Healthy Right Now?
Little 'm,' little 'h'
Feb 16, 2025
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Less and Less of More and More
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What's one thing you'll fear less?
What’s one thing you’ll be fearless about?
Dec 7, 2024
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On Fasting and Being Fed in the 1990s
My boyfriend Chris went out to our backyard vegetable garden and returned with two armfuls of freshly picked yellow squash.
Nov 23, 2024
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What's one thing you'll try to be less exceptional at?
We’re obsessed with being ultra, super, exceptional—at least in the U.S. Ultramarathoners. Super communicators. What’s one thing you’ll try to be less…
Nov 2, 2024
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Thich Nhat Hanh Has a Cold
I met the late Thich Nhat Hanh in 2010 when I interviewed him at his monastery Plum Village in Southern France.
Oct 20, 2024
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Is There a Mental Health Misinformation Effect?
You Are What You Read (and Scroll) Like social media today, some mental health memoirs, while groundbreaking for their time, didn’t empower readers with…
Jul 20, 2024
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Can We Live With Less?
The origin story of Less and Less of More and More. Less and Less of More and More isn’t about having a certain amount, e.g., a capsule wardrobe, or…
May 18, 2024
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It's Okay Not to Have Friends
Really, it is
Mar 23, 2024
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On Not Keeping a Notebook (and “Pathological Decluttering”)
There are two types of people in this world: those who keep a notebook (or diary or journal) and those who don’t. Those who feel the need to record…
Feb 22, 2024
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