About This Newsletter

I hate vague. I hate when someone says they’re having a hard time, or a bad week, then glides over it. Wait, I think. Go back. Tell me about the bad day. That’s why I’m here. To forget my life, my troubles, and lose myself in yours.

Of course, I know why some writers don’t share the personal stuff. You can’t write about life without writing about people (yourself included) and most people, even if they say they don’t mind, hate being written about. That’s the price you pay for the status of writer. Other people have commutes, bosses, coworkers. We have guilt, shame and pissed off relatives.

But I am a writer. This is my life. The good, the bad, the ugly. So I guess this is my weekly column on living. The ups and the downs of being... a woman. A mother, a wife, a writer, a thirty-something who is trying not to hate her hair, her face, her weight. Trying not to smoke and drink so much. Not to be in a bad mood, yell at her husband, ruin her children. My agenda: hold nothing back.

Whether you've been following my journey for years or just finding out, I hope these weekly newsletters are a source of comfort and entertainment. I hope this running narrative of my life, peppered with psychological and scientific insights, is useful or at least, if nothing else, interesting. I hope you enjoy all of it.

About The Author

Lauren Martin is the author of The Book of Moods and the founder of Words of Women.