Koty Neelis

Former senior staff writer and producer at Thought Catalog.

7 Things You Need For A Self-Help Weekend

This week kind of sucked. It wasn’t Grade A suckage, like where a pet died or my favorite pizza place closed, but it was bad enough all I wanted to do was crawl into my bed, eat 5000 carbs, and hide forever and ever…at least until I got hungry again.

Why Women Should Travel Alone

Considering the many attacks on women travelers in India in the past year it’s understandable that people are concerned.

How To Build A Family From Scratch

One thing happened after another and by the time I was 17 I was a high school drop out living on my own, supporting myself, and living in survival mode.