Cloudy With A Chance Of Ennui
When I wake up in the morning, the first thing I want to do is go back to sleep. Because: Sometimes, often I sleep badly and actually...
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elyse hughes
Aug 27, 20235 min read
Decompression Mondays
I’d been feeling angsty and in my head, like I was very possibly too tender for this world where everything feels more intense than it is...
elyse hughes
Aug 20, 20237 min read
The First Week Of June (+ Summer Self-Care Strategy)
Growing up, June was endless pool days, playing Marco Polo, Fish Out of Water, Colors. Swimming, splashing, screaming, squealing glee...
elyse hughes
Feb 28, 20233 min read
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,...
elyse hughes
Feb 6, 20234 min read
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, 20223 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20218 min read
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, 20216 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20214 min read
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, 20213 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20204 min read
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, 20192 min read
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, 20197 min read
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...
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