Brianna Wiest
Brianna is the author of 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, The Mountain Is You, Ceremony, and When You’re Ready, This Is How You Heal.
18 Struggles Of Having An Outgoing Personality But Actually Being Shy And Introverted
You’re not anti-social, you’re selectively social.
16 Simple Ways To Feel Connected To The World Around You
Be mindful of what you eat. Consider what’s in it, don’t just count calories.
15 Questions That Will Change The Way You See Everything
Is this issue going to matter in a year from now?
What You Find In Solitude
The only time we see the whole structure clearly is when we step away from it.
27 Things Happy Girls Have
The knowledge that the sentiment, “you can be anything,” doesn’t mean, “you have to be everything.”
25 Things Every Woman Should Have By The Time She Turns 25
Enough confidence to no longer feel the need to justify what she eats, who she dates or what she wears, not only to other people, but to herself.
14 Morning Rituals (That Seem A Little Out There) But Will Totally Change Your Life
Respect your limitations.
16 Things You Don’t Owe Anybody (Though It Often Feels Like You Do)
An outward appearance that aligns with what other people deem appropriate and ideal.
17 Unconventional Occasions We Should Start Celebrating
Friendship anniversaries.
17 Things To Actually Try This Year (Instead Of Just Talking About Them)
Get in a car and drive until you’re lost. Explore there.
18 Struggles Only Over-Thinkers Will Understand
God forbid anyone unfollow you on Twitter or Instagram, because you won’t sleep until you figure out who it was and why.
Toxic People Don’t Make Exceptions
Intentions don’t waive pain.
You Have To Be Kindest To Yourself When It Seems Least Deserved
You eventually have to stop basing your self-worth on the insecurities of others and start basing it on your own genuine convictions, no matter how long it takes for you to find them.
How The People We Once Loved Become Strangers Again
Maybe it’s just that we’re all at the centers of our own little universes, and sometimes they overlap with other people’s, and that small bit of intersection leaves some part of it changed.
25 Random Acts Of Kindness We Should All Be Doing More Often
Sharing your umbrella with a stranger.
Can We Choose Who We Love?
The kind of love that centuries of books and plays and stories have regaled us with are the ones in which all expectations are defied in place of love anyway.
The Art Of Mindlessness
The thing that makes us the same is something our minds may never be able to understand. We have to let go of trying to understand everything else that’s collateral to suffice for it.
