Kerry's Journal

Essays on becoming.

Reflections, hard truths, and the occasional dispatch from Lisbon. Written for women who are done performing and ready to start living.

On Moving to Lisbon and What Reinvention Actually Costs

When people picture reinvention, they picture the airport. The one-way ticket, the new light, the version of you who finally got free. They do not picture the months on the…

What Your Feelings Are Actually Trying to Tell You

Your feelings are information, and most of us were trained to ignore the most useful information we will ever get. I learned that the slow way, which is the way…

The Question That Changed Everything for Me

One night I got into bed, looked at my nightstand, and saw the whole problem stacked up in front of me. There they were, what I have always called my…

Why Affirmations Don't Work (and What Does)

You can stand in front of the mirror and tell yourself you are confident a hundred times, and still feel the floor drop out the moment someone challenges you. That…