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Publications 2023

January is over. New Year's resolutions have long been abandoned. Here's how one gym in Western New York keeps its members motivated all year round
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Buffalo Rising

The Wisdom of Burnout: paving the way to a healing path
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Elephant Journal

I was a teacher for eleven years but quit due to burnout. Now back-to-school- doesn't give me the joy it once did.
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Insider

Steward and Specter's Traveling Bookshop: this newest Buffalo highlight is a MUST-SEE
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Buffalo Rising

Teacher's Pet
an original screenplay, co-written with Justin Karcher and produced by 1666 Productions
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The Buffalo 48-Hour Film Festival

I Moved Back in With My Mom at 37. Dating someone who also lived with his mom was awkward at first.
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Insider

What I Learned About Surrender When I Changed My Life in a Major Way
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Elephant Journal

Knowing When to Walk... or Dance Away: how I decided I was done being a fitness instructor after 11 years
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Elephant Journal

What it's Really Like at a Poetry Open-Mic: my experience as a newcomer to the Buffalo poetry scene
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Buffalo Rising

Ein Kompliziertes System
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GEW Zeitung Deutschland

Bored at the gym? Try a personal fitness challenge
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Buffalo Spree

Fall Blooming: a poem
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Litmora Literary Magazine

I Lived Abroad For 11 Years. The Is The Thing That Shocked Me The Most When I Moved Back To The U.S.
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Huffington Post

Not Just For Carving: Pumpkins Are Versatile and Nutritious
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Forever Young of Buffalo Spree Magazine
Other Publications
Durmitor (2019)
A Poem
A short piece about the beautiful landscape of Durmitor National Park in Montenegro and my impending break up with my boyfriend at the time.
Published in Showbear Family Circus

Doubt (2020)
Prose Poem
A prose poem about the how an eating disorder can affect a relationship.
Published in the zinesters digest.

Holiday (2022)
Creative Non-Fiction Essay
This essay chronicles the experience of losing my father to cancer.
It is the first place winner of the Olive Wooley Burton writing contest and will be published in Utah's Best Poetry and Prose 2022.

Once Upon a Future Goals List (2017)
An article
This article was published in University at Buffalo's Honors Today Magazine about my life as an ex-pat living in Germany.

