Over the last few years, I’ve spent a lot of time learning about attachment theory, and how disordered attachment issue plays out in adult relationships. For those that aren’t familiar, here’s an excerpt from my book From Sh!tshow To Afterglow introducing the concept: Attachment theory was first developed by Mary…

In the months leading up to the publication of my third book From Shitshow To Afterglow, I exchanged many emails with the Hachette publicist who was representing the book. “Frankly, traditional media can be a challenge for self-help,” she said. “While this book is half self-help,” I said. “It started…

A friend and I were out for a walk, and then we found a quiet spot to sit and meditate together, just for five minutes. Let the record show: this is not a thing I ever would have imagined myself enjoying. Pre-Shitshow Ariel would have found it too woo, too…

How the pandemic changed my mind about reusable toilet paper A decade ago, I wrote about the concept of “family cloth” aka wiping your butt with washable cloth: Ok, we’ve talked about all sorts of eco-friendly home hacks, but let’s try the final frontier of reusable toiletries: FAMILY CLOTH. The concept is pretty straight-forward: rather than wipe your butt with…

A mindfulness practice for ambitious overthinkers Where are my fellow discontents? My fellow day-dreamers and strategizers and ladder climbers? This post is for you, my fellow folks who spend your days up in your heads, dreaming and scheming about how things would or could be better if you only had…

It’s not a secret. Everyone knows how I feel about the cover of From Sh!tshow To Afterglow: I hate it. I prided myself on being an easy-going author through the book’s year-long editorial process, but I pushed back HARD on the book’s cover. It was the only veto card…

Thanks to a combination of fertility treatments, endometriosis, and an exploded ovary that had to be surgically removed, I went through menopause earlier than expected. At 45, that was it for my menstrual cycle. After a year of not bleeding, it became medically official: I am a menopausal woman. My…