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Culture

Stories v Stats

Assumptions, click bait, and real communication across the Internet: stats are servants to storytelling Most of us have been conditioned to chase likes, loves, follows, and comments on…

February 17, 2024August 4, 2026 · 3 min read

National Portrait Gallery, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Mommess

On the flip side of life, trauma is your honor

After disasters, harsh realities, assh*les, and accidents, we are 100% allowed to be grateful those aspects of Self that help us to carry on. CRYSTALLINE CLARIFICATION HERE: this…

September 14, 2026September 15, 2026 · 7 min read

Body & Health

Staying in my bones and boobs: on pay equality, health care, and how to restructure an organization

I realized yesterday, the soaring health care costs I’m experiencing are mostly about keeping me in strong bones and boobs. My entire adult life, I’ve avoided being considered…

September 8, 2026September 8, 2026 · 10 min read

Original art by Elizabeth M Matteson Abstrack bird flying toward shape with blue and black
Body & Health

Sex & Death in the time of Kali Yuga

I have 20 minutes to write this, so lucky for you, it should be short. When I was around 15 years old, my mother announced one random day,…

August 22, 2026August 27, 2026 · 4 min read

Body & Health

recovering fast from a fall

How purposeful breathing can heal trauma-in-the-making and stop pain. I just fell going down my back steps. As a 57 year old woman, the fear and negativity around…

August 8, 2026August 8, 2026 · 3 min read

Beaver Bites
Mommess

Making a statement

I love this concept. And I’ve seen the power of making statements play out for those who know the power of words and also carry good character and…

July 9, 2026July 9, 2026 · 3 min read

Nuns. Abstract art by EM Matteson
Creativity

What I know about social storytelling online

Besides writing an actual story, you know, like a book or play, there are other ways you can tell rich stories using platforms built for social media. And…

June 11, 2026June 11, 2026 · 4 min read

Fence Post in South Carolina
Mommess

From post to gatepost: why “engaging” social media strategies don’t always get people to show up

and what to do about it. Focusing on social media engagement stats can be antithetical to actually helping people show up in real life. Because “engagement-based” social strategies…

April 10, 2026April 10, 2026 · 7 min read

abstract art that looks a little like a figure wearing a Chef's hat
Family

What happened to the chicken bag?

The types of explanations we received as kids about the mundane questions of life, alters how we develop our capacity for internal reasoning. Becoming educated with diversity of…

April 1, 2026April 6, 2026 · 3 min read

Creativity

What’s your best marketing plan?

Answer: the one you will actually do. No one needs to elaborate any more than this, but I will write like wild anyway because I’m a human who…

March 31, 2026March 31, 2026 · 9 min read

Mommess

Finding order on the web

Looking wholly at your web presence When it’s time to change your brand, there a few considerations before you transition a known web presence so you can protect…

March 27, 2026March 28, 2026 · 5 min read

Mommess

weaving the www

With the wild west, a personal party, and thoughts on the web as a woman’s medium. Women’s work, I’ve been told by more than a few wise souls,…

February 16, 2026February 16, 2026 · 6 min read

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