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Stop Faking It: The 10 Best Authenticity Journals for People Who Are Sick

Have you ever looked in the mirror and had the gut-wrenching thought, “Who the fuck is that?” You’re not alone, honey. We live in a world that practically demands we wear a mask—a perfectly curated, filtered, people-pleasing mask—just to get through the day. The result? A silent epidemic of people feeling like impostors in their own lives.

But what if I told you that feeling—that deep, aching disconnect—is actually a call to arms? It’s your soul’s way of screaming, “ENOUGH!” As someone who has...

The Polyvagal Theory for Wounded Healers: Why Your Nervous System Isn’t

Have you ever felt like your body is a car with the gas pedal floored and the emergency brake pulled at the same time? That’s the feeling of being stuck in anxiety. It’s that internal buzzing, that engine of panic revving with nowhere to go, leaving you exhausted, vigilant, and so, so tired of fighting your own damn self.

Or maybe you know the other side: that sudden, quiet emptiness when the world turns to grayscale, your emotions flatline, and you feel like a ghost in your own life.

If you’ve...

Your Digital Ghost: How to Be Real Online Without Selling Your Fucking Soul

Let's talk about the specific flavor of anxiety that hits right before you post something online. That moment of hesitation. Should you share the messy truth or the polished highlight reel? You know that being genuine is the only way to build real connections, but you’ve also seen the digital pitchforks come out for people who share "too much." The internet feels like a minefield, and you’re walking through it barefoot.

This isn't an accident, honey. The digital world we live in, with its...

Are You an Asshole in Amsterdam? A Wounded Healer’s Guide to Cultural

You ever get that hot-prickle-of-shame feeling? The one that floods your system when you realize you’ve just said or done something profoundly wrong in a new place, even when you were just trying to be yourself? You thought you were being authentic, but the room went quiet, and now you feel like a fraud in a foreign land.

Welcome to the club, honey. You’re not an asshole. You’re a traveler in a world that wasn’t built for a single, universal version of “authenticity.” The idea that “just be...

Stop Fucking Up Your Difficult Conversations: A Radically Resilient Guide

Let’s talk about that gut-clenching, acid-in-your-throat feeling. You know the one. It’s the prelude to a conversation you know you need to have, but every cell in your body is screaming at you to run for the hills. You’re not alone, and you’re not broken. That dread? It’s a scar from past battles, a ghost of every time you spoke your truth and got burned for it.

But here’s the secret the world doesn’t tell you: those scars are where the light gets in. They are the very source of your power....

Your Brain on Love (and Other Terrifyingly Authentic Shit): The

Ever met someone and felt that instant click? That feeling isn’t magic, honey, it’s biology. It’s your brain, a deeply social creature that has been starved for genuine connection, suddenly lighting up like a goddamn Christmas tree and flooding you with feel-good chemicals that literally change you.

Let's be real: in a world where we’ve never been more “connected” yet feel lonelier than ever, understanding this science isn't just a fun fact. It's a survival guide. Our brains are hardwired for...

A Disabled Writer's Defense of AI: Are You Mad at Carpenters for Using

So, let me tell you something about being disabled. It's hard. Ha, you already knew that. But, no, really! It's so fucking hard.

When I have an idea and I want to write, I have to make sure I'm not nauseous, or else I can't look at the computer screen. My hands shake too badly to use pencils and pens. When I do type, my hands start to hurt immediately. My arms ache. But I still want to do the things I love.

So I use tools. Which is such a humanoid thing to do.

Like, are you guys mad at whoever...

A Note on My Journey: Radical Resilience in Practice To those who've

To those who've followed my journey—with all its twists, pivots, and bold declarations—I wanted to share where I am today. My identity online may appear fractured, reflecting the complex reality of being proudly neurodivergent, physically disabled, and navigating mental health challenges. This trifecta has shaped every fiber of who I am, and I've come to understand that what makes me broken is precisely what makes me powerful.

Over the past year, I've made some significant decisions that might...

Unleash Your Inner Badass: The Real Psychology of Authentic Self-Expression

Have you ever felt the soul-crushing weight of wearing a mask? Smiling through meetings where you want to scream, nodding along to opinions that make your skin crawl, and curating a version of your life that feels like a stranger’s. You are not alone, honey. The pressure to perform, to be palatable, to be anything other than our messy, magnificent selves is a pandemic that no vaccine can cure.

Let’s get one thing straight: the journey to authentic self-expression isn’t some fluffy, self-help...

My Name is Mariah Tyler Moore: A Manifesto on Experience Hi. My name is

Hi. My name is Mariah Tyler Moore.

I'm starting this BeMoore blog because I need a space that is simply, unshakably mine. I write to process. When I'm happy, when I'm sad, when I'm angry—it is my own version of therapy. And, in this moment, I need to set the record straight from the only source that matters right now: me.

I need to talk about something that fundamentally changed my life's trajectory. I tried to kill myself on December 9th, 2024.

That moment was the culmination of an eight-month...