Alie Graves·Sep 23, 2023Want to do ‘friends with benefits’? Start with an exit strategy.Look around and you will observe that ‘friends with benefits’ (FWB) is not a common or commonly long-lived relationship model. The ‘why’…A response icon3A response icon3
Alie Graves·Sep 18, 2023When you are healed, you will still need peopleYou will never be healed, but when you are healed, you will turn towards people, not away. You will develop the capacity to hurt more, and…
Alie Graves·May 7, 2023The vulnerability within information, and why we will be hurt by the ones we love‘Vulnerability is the emotion that we experience during times of uncertainty, risk, and emotional exposure.’ — Brene Brown, The Atlas of…
Alie Graves·Apr 1, 2023Loneliness is space for connectionIt is also a story we tell ourselves about our ability to connect
Alie Graves·Jan 3, 2021This Year the Bare Trees Became BeautifulI moved to the Midwest almost three years ago, and the first winter here was ugly. I felt oddly embarrassed about the location I had…
