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Sensitivity Is Strength!

Being Sensitive and Emotional Isn't Easy

‘I'm Ready for Love But I Don't Know How to Start!’

'I Love My Roommate's Cat But I Don't Know How to Love People!'

Does Love Make You Anxious?

‘My Colleague is the Biggest Fucknut!’

'Am I Making a Fool of Myself?'

Managing Your Expectations of Friends

'I Treat My Friends Like Enemies!'

'I'm 35 and I Feel Like a Shell of a Person!'

'I'm a Hot Ass Mess!'

‘Save Me From the Black Hole of Validation!’

On Pragmatic Exuberance

'These Rich Insta Moms Drive Me Crazy!'

How to Be a True Romantic

‘I Survived a Cult and Bankruptcy. How Do I Learn to Just Live?’

Talking About Friendship

The Rise of Emotional Divestment

'What If Avoidant Life Is a Happier Life?'

One Year Later: 'I've Been a Hot Mess, But I've Been Open to Miracles Anyway!'

'My Magic Is Disappearing!'

Are You Listening?

'My Avoidant Boyfriend Just Dumped Me for the Third Time!'

'Should I Move?'

Process: What new story will mine joy from your imperfect life?

Workshop: What stories did you tell in order to survive?

'I'm Pretty Sure My Writing is Pure Trash!'

Speak Up.

'I Like Birbs!'

'Should I Follow My Much-Older Boyfriend to a State Where I Don't Want to Live?'

Embracing Totality

'My Boyfriend Dumped Me After I Got Out of the Hospital with Long Covid!'

'I'm Afraid to Write About Myself!'

'Was It Even Real?'

Love Doesn't Evaporate

Tolerating Unknowns Will Make You Stronger

'Should I Leave My 12-Year-Old Daughter Behind to Pursue My Dreams?'

There's Joy in Noticing How Fucked Up You Are

'My Best Friend Is Letting Me Down!'

Close Friendships Are Hard!

'I Betrayed My Friend and I Can't Move On!'

'My Exes Keep Reappearing and It's Driving Me Mad!'

Were Your Parents Right About Anything?

'I'm Afraid of Aging!'

'I Don't Want to Have Sex with My Husband!'

'I Don't Feel Real at All!'

It's Not a Moral Failure to Dislike Someone

'I Want My Fucking Pearls Back!'

Fentanyl Poisoning Deaths Are Preventable

'Help, I Feel Trapped in My Marriage!'

‘Should I Continue to Do a Job I Love Within a System I Hate?’

Surrender to Uncertainty

'Are Men Capable of Full Intimacy?'

'As an Angry Feminist, Should I Let Go of the Dream of Marriage?'

Hobbies Change Your Life!

'Am I Too Self-Indulgent to Have Kids?'

'Am I in Love or Do I Just Want to Be Her?'

'I Finally Got My Mom Out of My Head!'

Let's Make Some Goals for 2024

New Year, Still a Giant Baby!