Author Archives: Chelsey the Amateur

SoulWork for September 2022–Issue 5: On Mending

It’s been a minute. There are three unsent drafts of SoulWork sitting on my email dashboard. One from February, one from March, one from sometime this summer. In them are abandoned words about war, women’s rights, and trying to just keep breathing. It’s been a minute. It’s been a year. And I have to beContinueContinue reading “SoulWork for September 2022–Issue 5: On Mending”

Author’s Notes: After You Break the Ceiling

So thrilled that Bending Genres, a fantastically eclectic online publication, has published my essay, “After You Break the Ceiling.” I wrote the first draft of this essay on the day that Elizabeth Warren dropped out of the 2020 presidential race. (You’ll notice it’s dedicated to Elizabeth.) I appreciated Warren’s platforms, policies, and conduct. But IContinueContinue reading “Author’s Notes: After You Break the Ceiling”

SoulWork for January 2022–Issue 4: Holding Silence

Lately, I’ve been holding silence. I find it’s a good winter practice, a time when I’m less distracted by the world and can hunker down in inner spaces that require attention, patience, focus. Let me be clear: holding silence is different than keeping silent… Click here to continue reading SoulWork for January 2022–Issue 4: Holding Silence.ContinueContinue reading “SoulWork for January 2022–Issue 4: Holding Silence”