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Ariel Meadow Stallings

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From Sh!tshow to Afterglow: Putting Life Back Together When It All Falls Apart

From Sh!tshow to Afterglow: Putting Life Back Together When It All Falls Apart

Rebound after loss, grief, and the other cruel crises life throws your way with this irreverent guide -- the perfect anti-self-help book.

2020

Ariel Meadow Stallings

Ariel Meadow Stallings

Stories

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The Gratitude Typewriter

Our family’s collaborative poetry project

Feb 29, 2024

The Gratitude Typewriter

Feb 29, 2024

Why I’m ignoring Inauguration Day: Choosing service over scrolling

Inauguration Day, 2025. For some of us, it’s a day of celebration and renewed hope. For others of us (hi, frenz!), it’s a grim reminder of…

3d ago

Why I’m ignoring Inauguration Day: Choosing service over scrolling

3d ago

Torus flow, AI completionism, and the edging of the universe 🌠

Oh, hi. Welcome to the part of my brain where we casually entertain the idea that the universe might be a toroidal flow and that AI is…

Dec 30, 2024

Torus flow, AI completionism, and the edging of the universe 🌠

Dec 30, 2024

I trained AI to be my smart gay bestie 💅

Using ChatGPT to help me see my blind spots

Nov 13, 2024

I trained AI to be my smart gay bestie 💅

Nov 13, 2024

State of the Stallings

Acknowledging the laid off elephant in the room 🐘

Nov 1, 2024

Ariel, a white woman in her late ’40s, leans her face against a mirror. She and her reflection are both looking into the lens of the camera and smiling. There are flowers in the background.

Nov 1, 2024

NOOSTED: how to cope when your nominated story doesn’t get Boosted

Advice for tender writers, from the tender writer who managed the Boost Nomination Program

Sep 13, 2024

NOOSTED: how to cope when your nominated story doesn’t get Boosted

Sep 13, 2024

My dirty MFA motivations

Why I self-published a scandalous art book

Jul 13, 2024

My dirty MFA motivations

Jul 13, 2024

I found love in a hopeless place

Spoiler alert: it was a muddy graveyard hill

Mar 25, 2024

I found love in a hopeless place

Mar 25, 2024

My playlist is a tarot deck 🔮

How to use Spotify & dance as a digital divination tool

Jan 6, 2024

My playlist is a tarot deck 🔮

Jan 6, 2024

Parasocial projection screens

How celebrities carry the projections of their fans

Oct 18, 2023

Parasocial projection screens

Oct 18, 2023

Ariel Meadow Stallings

Ariel Meadow Stallings

she/her

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Former Medium Product Manager, but also a whole-ass person living my life: author, publisher, nondualist dancer, Seattleite, mom, and just a human humanning!

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