Introducing The Boundary Reset: Choosing Limits in an Unrelenting Moment

by juliehartig | Jan, 2026 | Reflections | Personal Essays on Meaning, Identity, and Care

It has been difficult to breathe lately. Each day brings more news of corruption and destruction of social norms. Even when we are not directly affected, we feel it in our bodies. A low-grade anxiety that feeds outrage … and our exhaustion. Concentration erodes....

Restarting After a Break When Momentum Is Gone

by juliehartig | Dec, 2025 | Writing Life and Craft | Process, Practice and Making Stories

Edited January 2026. The original title was “How to Overcome Inertial And Restart After A Break” I was rolling along making significant progress on the first edit of Hope and Madness when we left for an extended vacation to Asia.  Determined to keep my...

Holiday Gift Guide for Readers and Writers in Your Life

by juliehartig | Nov, 2025 | Reflections | Personal Essays on Meaning, Identity, and Care

This holiday gift guide is built entirely on personal recommendation. I don’t earn income from these books or products, and if I ever include affiliate links in the future, I’ll be explicit—and any proceeds would be donated to libraries or charitable organizations....

Celebrating the Little Wins on My First Edit

by juliehartig | Oct, 2025 | Writing Life and Craft | Process, Practice and Making Stories

You can’t see me, but I’ve been doing a little celebration dance for the past week. (I’d add a meme, but they tend to interrupt the reading experience.) Why? Two reasons.  First, I’ve edited the first act of my novel Hope and Madness. This is...

Do You Know About the Prechter Bipolar Research Program?

by juliehartig | May, 2025 | Digging Deeper | Exploring Ideas, Systems, and Hard Questions

Unlocking Hope: Discover the Heinz C. Prechter Bipolar Research Program My writing journey sprang from a burning desire to share the story of my experience helping a relative through a mental health crisis in 2016. During those challenging times, I scoured the...