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Stories from the Messy Middle

Apr 18, 2024 • Lisa Frame

Three years later, still asking the hard questions about love, loss, and what comes next.

Apr 12 • Lisa Frame

I Was Afraid of Failure. I Was Wrong.

How I hide in plain sight, why success terrifies me, and the slow work of lowering my walls.

Apr 8 • Lisa Frame

Have You Always Been Your Worst Critic?

When neutral is

Mar 30 • Lisa Frame

Chips, Dip, and Showing Up

What Grief Leaves Behind

Mar 19 • Lisa Frame

Most Popular

Love and Science: A Valentine's Day Reflection

Feb 14, 2025 • Lisa Frame

Bittersweet Days

May 7, 2025 • Lisa Frame

I'm Too Old for This Shit

Jul 9, 2025 • Lisa Frame

Aug 12, 2025 • Lisa Frame

Recent posts

Permission Slip

On identity, inheritance, and the terrifying work of finding out

Feb 19 • Lisa Frame

I'll See You on the Highway

How grief became something I float in instead of drown in

Feb 1 • Lisa Frame

This is America

Nothing About This Is New

Jan 29 • Lisa Frame

My Triumphant Return to Holiday Cards (Narrator: It Was Not Triumphant)

This is fine. Everything is fine.

Dec 17, 2025 • Lisa Frame

On trauma, gratitude, and learning to walk through the world differently

Dec 7, 2025 • Lisa Frame

On grief, isolation, and the body's insistence

Nov 30, 2025 • Lisa Frame

The Terrifying Work of Loving Myself

A Friday night reckoning with burnout and becoming

Nov 21, 2025 • Lisa Frame

Papers Don't Protect Against Fear

When Citizens Don't Feel Safe

Nov 16, 2025 • Lisa Frame

How easily I forget the light

Nov 9, 2025 • Lisa Frame

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