Personal Life – MAGAZINE

The Color of Wine

Posted on Mar 27, 2023Mar 28, 2023 by Mauli Chopra

My walls are stained with the skittish color of burgundy.
A shade that reminds me of my mother…

M(Emma)ory (Leigh)ane

Posted on Mar 24, 2023Mar 27, 2023 by Rowan Wegner

In 2013 I was in Algebra 1 for the second time around. A sophomore in a freshman class, the only sophomore too I think…

A South Asian’s Story: NEDA Week

Posted on Mar 3, 2023Mar 27, 2023 by Mauli Chopra

I have felt guilty all my life. Guilty about leaving, guilty about conforming to outdated standards for girls, for eating too much, for eating too little…

Everything You Need to Know About Dreams

Posted on Apr 1, 2020Mar 31, 2020 by Germ Magazine guest author

Sponsored Post Dreams can be fascinating, stress-relieving, stress-boosting, exhausting, and depressing. With the different behaviors of dreams, it is difficult to determine whether your dreams are good or bad for you. We all dream every night, and every dream is different from the previous one in some manner. It becomes challenging at times to remember […]

Recovery Is Possible: My Struggle with My Eating Disorder

Posted on Feb 29, 2020May 28, 2020 by Elizabeth Nichols

I was 25 when my therapist diagnosed me with an eating disorder. I legit said to her, “But I’m not skinny!” And she said words that shattered my world in the best way possible: “You don’t have to be skinny in order to have an eating disorder.” This week has been national eating disorder awareness […]

Author Nancy Richardson Fischer: Life Lessons Learned Writing Books with Elite Athletes and Coaches

Posted on Sep 30, 2019Feb 27, 2020 by Germ Magazine guest author

I was 23 years old when I got my first writing break. A college friend was working for the editor who’d acquired rights for famed Olympic gymnastics’ coach Bela Karolyi’s autobiography. I wrote a proposal, and my friend put it in a pile with the other potential writers. A few weeks later, Bela called and […]

YØU

Posted on Sep 20, 2019Sep 15, 2019 by Saachi Shetty

Hey, it’s me, and here’s something for you : You may be hella’ short or tall, skinny or plump, might have a unique skin shade and be scarred or maybe not. Or perhaps you’re devastated or alone or confused or phobic or suffering from an ailment or dumped or depressed or inflicting pain on oneself […]

How Consent Can Help You Become More YOU: An Essay by YA Author Rayne Lacko

Posted on Sep 16, 2019Sep 15, 2019 by Germ Magazine guest author

So much has happened since last semester. You’ve changed. Maybe you started hanging with new friends or had to say goodbye to someone you used to trust. Or maybe you decided to go vegan. Along the way, your view changed, and you along with it. And that’s OK. You’re growing, moving forward, becoming more you. […]