Karis Rogerson

When I held Baby J for the first time, everything shuffled into place. For the kids, I see every reason to breathe. They love me. I don’t know why.

Here’s the thing about depression: it cycles. Even when I’m on medication, going to therapy and doing everything I’m able to do in order to stay healthy and keep it at bay, it bleeds in and out of my soul.

Hospitalizations make me realize my own shortcomings when it comes to placing mental illness on the same plane as physical illness

In a moment when I couldn’t write myself, it was the writing of others that brought me back from the brink of my depressive episode.

There’s a reason I turn to Friends when I get depressed. Ok, I lied, there are several reasons.

The benefit of posting honestly about our struggles and depression on social media.

On top of the career she’s already built for herself, Emily’s debut young adult novel Light Years released from Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster in September.

"I think that you're never too old to read about hope, love, and redemption."

Tomi Adeyemi might be the writer whose book deal seared me with insane jealousy and sent waves crashing through the book world.

It's ok to be sad and happy at the same time. I think that’s the beauty of life — how unpredictable it is and how adaptable we are as humans.