Karis Rogerson

Here’s the thing about faking it: eventually, the truth comes out, or someone gets hurt. So I'm going to talk about my virginity on first dates!

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

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.

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

Am I misrepresenting? Am I misunderstanding? Am I misremembering?

Selfies are one of the easiest indicators of my mental health.

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.

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.

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.

Jennifer Mathieu has spent much of her life pouring into the lives of teenagers, both through her day job as a teacher and through the four books.