The Other Half by Bond Touch
This is what dating a narcissist is like
I sat in my car, tears streaming down my face. I’d just escaped a terrible fight. What made it worse was that it was with someone who’d treated me like...
Your Chosen Family: life and family in the LGBTQ+ community
Throughout our lives we meet a lot of people. When you’re a child, it seems so easy to make friends. We even retain that idea that the more, the merrier....
It's Okay to Let Friendships Fade Away: a guide to uncomplicated friendship breakups
The amount of people we saw before COVID-19 isolation wasn’t healthy for some of us. It’s okay to trim the fat in your social life, let some friendships fade away,...
#Unloveable? Needing Physical Touch in an LDR
Love languages hold the key to deep connections, but what if you're in a long-distance relationship when physical touch is your language? Understanding each other’s love languages has helped many...
Birds: a story of first love, lessons learned and longing
I grew up in the mountains in the south of Portugal in a time where phones were tied to a wall and the fastest way to communicate was by telling...
Distance Made Us Grow as a Couple
It seems common-sense to think physical distance will make people feel further apart from each other. But our distance only made our relationship stronger. And in the end of the...
Communication is everything: lessons from 3 different LDRs
I’ve been in three long-distance relationships, so I’ll be the first to admit that long-distance is hard. Being hundreds or thousands of miles away from one of the people you...
Rebranding: the path from visual vocabulary to the brand’s storyline
Seven months ago, we relaunched our brand. Now we have a strong and coherent presence across all social media channels, and we’ve increased 20% in followers. And we are preparing...
No longer alone: How I found the Asian Creative network, community, and my career online
Growing up in the Midwest as a Korean American girl, there weren’t many people like me where I lived. I didn’t grow up in any big city like Chicago. I...
It isn’t easy for us LGBTQ+ Africans to come out. So why did I react so poorly when an old friend came out too?
‘Did I tell you that I'm bisexual?’ A text I received from an old high school friend read. My reaction was not the best, I sent through a laughing emoji...
Are we chasing happiness in all the wrong places?
A hard lesson from neuropsychology and the pandemic into improving how we feel and how chasing happiness really works. Like many of us, I grew up having a pretty straightforward...
My Parents Like Me Better When I’m Gay
I often joke that I have “good parent privilege.” Growing up, my catholic, conservative parents provided everything I could ever need: finances, a good education, therapy. Even as an adult,...