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Mental Health

You Are Not a Burden, and 4 Other Things I Wish I’d Known About Mental Illness

May 17, 2015January 1, 2019 Sam Dylan Finch11 Comments

Illustration by Jessica Krcmarik. This might as well be part two, because quite a while back, I wrote a pretty…

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7 Ways to Lovingly Support Your Gender Non-Binary Partner

February 20, 2015August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch5 Comments

This is a piece I posted over at Everyday Feminism that I wanted to cross-post here. This advice, while geared…

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Sexuality

8 Tips on Respectfully Talking Pleasure, Sex, and Bodies With Your Trans Lover

December 17, 2014August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan Finch3 Comments

Content warning: slurs This piece is one I wrote originally for Everyday Feminism, cross-posted with permission. Because I feel conversations…

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10 Things My Last Breakup Taught Me

August 7, 2014August 11, 2017 Sam Dylan FinchLeave a comment

Almost three years to the date, I am still pondering my last breakup. Except this time, it's a really calm,…

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Sam Dylan Finch. I’m a writer and positive psychology practitioner that’s passionate about queer joy — with none of the self-helpy bullsh*t. I wrote that thing about people-pleasing that you showed your therapist. I’m much weirder in real life.  ✨ He/they. More?

 

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