Exploring the intersections of mental health, relationships, sexuality, life, parenting, and surviving abuse. Chloe Cuthbert is a writer who shares personal essays steeped in vulnerability while offering hope and progress towards the future; always moving forward.
3 Jan 2020 4 minute read 0 comments ccuthbertauthor
My first marriage ended 16 years ago. I wish I could say that was when my relationship with my ex also ended, but as we have a child together, that wouldn’t be accurate. The sexual part of our relationship was over long before the actual marriage. At...
29 Dec 2019 3 minute read 4 comments ccuthbertauthor
The past decade has been a roller coaster ride of epic proportions for me. I have changed and grown so much as a person. In the last couple of days, I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do with my life in the decade to come, which is a daunt...
27 Dec 2019 3 minute read 0 comments ccuthbertauthor
Dreams have the ability to make you smile as soon as you wake up. Alternatively, they also have the power to completely destroy you, once you realize it wasn’t real. I lost my dad almost 30 years ago. Not a day has gone by where I didn’t wish it was...
19 Dec 2019 2 minute read 2 comments ccuthbertauthor
2019 has been a rough year. I could leave it at that and be on my way and anyone who knows me personally would not argue the point. I suffer from depression and severe anxiety, but I’m not typically Debbie Downer. It’s just not in my nature to allo...
15 Dec 2019 3 minute read 0 comments ccuthbertauthor
“There are two ways of spreading light; to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”--Edith Wharton The holidays are a particularly difficult time for many people. When you suffer from mental illness, it can feel like a time of year particul...
14 Dec 2019 3 minute read 0 comments ccuthbertauthor
I like to tell myself I’m a patient person. But anyone who knows me will tell you this is fantasy. I try to be patient. It’s a virtue I’ve never mastered, but practice regularly. Often I believe it’s my ultimate lesson to learn, since I am tested on...
10 Dec 2019 2 minute read 0 comments ccuthbertauthor
“Grief is a force of energy that cannot be controlled or predicted. It comes and goes on its own schedule. Grief does not obey your plans, or your wishes. Grief will do whatever it wants to you, whenever it wants to. In that regard, Grief has a lot...
