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An update and a poem...

From my new poetry collection

It's our anniversary

And an update

Feline Sonata: When Love Goes Wrong

Welcome to bestselling, award-winning author and Substack Growth Strategist Sarah Fay’s personal Substack.

The Sadness of Speed Reading

In graduate school, I tried speedreading to survive an impossible workload. It taught me how to process words—and how to stop feeling them.

On Rereading Edith Wharton's 'House of Mirth'

Chihuahuas, sobbing for fictional characters, and the tragedy of Lily Bart

On Proving Ourselves and Letting Go

My Paris Review Interview with Javier Marias

The current preoccupation with fixing ourselves: A conversation with Kimberly Warner

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5 Ways of Looking at Mental Health Recovery

My father stares pensively at his phone. We’re at our usual table in Starbucks. A water for me, ginger tea for him. I showed him how to download an app. He’s trying to do it. (He and my stepmother only recently agreed to get a cellphone.) He taps the screen and bites his lower lip.

A Pathological Conversation with Sarah Fay

The last post in Beyond Pathological (but there's more to come!)

The Solution to the Mental Health Crisis

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Educated by Anxiety = Educated by Possibility

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A Short History of How We've Failed People With Mental Illnesses

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The Recipe for Perfect Mental Health

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Why Where You Live Determines If You Recover from Mental Illness

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What We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Addiction

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Soften vs. Toughen Up: Brene Brown vs. "Jocko"

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You Fall and Want to Heal Too Fast

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What Does Eighteenth-Century Paris Have to Do With the Cure for Mental Illness?

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Ancient Humans, Not Friends, Will Save You

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We Ask Too Much of Our Caregivers

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Your Mental Disorder Accrues Via Compound Interest

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Your Perfect Romantic Getaway

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What If Romantic Love Can't Make Us Whole?

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Going to Therapy Doesn't Mean You're Sick and Not Taking Meds Doesn't Mean You're Well

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