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@mindahoney.bsky.social

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This weekโ€™s newsletter took a deep dive into Ross Gayโ€™s conversational writing style and his short essay โ€œTomato on Board.โ€ Mindahoney.substack.com ๐Ÿ…

08.12.2025 20:04 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Procrastination is a Myth The truth behind what we choose to do with our time

I wrote a lil about procrastination in this weekโ€™s newsletter. Like is it even real or just something we use to bully ourselves??? open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...

02.12.2025 21:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Free Workshops + the last week of "The Artist's Way" You don't gotta miss me in December

Did โ€œThe Artistโ€™s Wayโ€ in 4 weeks instead of 22 and it was still A LOT! Looking forward to do some free workshops this December starting next week.
open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...

26.11.2025 23:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

HELLO. ITโ€™S ME ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ๐Ÿ‘‡๐Ÿฝ

21.11.2025 16:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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4-Week Guide to "The Artist's Way": Week 3 Connection! Strength! Compassion!

One week left of our 4 week sprint through โ€œThe Artistโ€™s Way.โ€ This go round, Julia went hard on some parties I wasnโ€™t certain deserved it โ€” academics, perfectionists โ€” and got at how our fear flings out excuses for why we canโ€™t be the creative we want to be. open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...

19.11.2025 22:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Are You Feeling More Creative Yet? Week 2: Integrity, Possibility & Abundance

Howโ€™s that creative recovery going? Hereโ€™s the week 2 drop of the sped up guide to โ€œThe Artistโ€™s Way.โ€ open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...

12.11.2025 17:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Itโ€™s so nice when people appreciate what you do ๐Ÿ˜ญ Read the first installment of the guide on my Substack and the next one drops Wednesday โ€” open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...

10.11.2025 15:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The 4-Week Guide to "The Artist's Way" Let's get this wrapped up by Thanksgiving!

Most people donโ€™t finish โ€œThe Artistโ€™s Wayโ€ because 12 weeks is a lot! So letโ€™s speed it up! Starting next week, Iโ€™m dropping my 4-week guide to โ€œThe Artistโ€™s Way.โ€ Finally finish it faster, with friends ๐Ÿซฑ๐Ÿฝโ€๐Ÿซฒ๐Ÿฟ Get all the details here โ€” open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...

29.10.2025 14:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Minda Honey

Minda Honey

Thoughts Liberated from My Notes App Zine Machine
*art by real humans

Thoughts Liberated from My Notes App Zine Machine *art by real humans

โœจZine artist reveal!โœจ Minda Honey is the author of The Heartbreak Years. She writes a newsletter about being mid(life) on Substack. Follow her at @mindahoney.bsky.social and donโ€™t miss her zine, โ€œThoughts Liberated from My Notes* App,โ€ in the Summer โ€˜25 Edit, dropping this week!

29.09.2025 16:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The return of skinny supremacy has me thinking a lot about the summer after high school I spent as a weight loss counselor. Obvs allll the warnings for diet culture, eating disorders and fatphobia โ€” because how else do you describe a workplace that weighed you twice a week? Mindahoney.substack.com.

10.09.2025 18:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Craft of Memoir: Irvin Weathersby Jr. on truth-telling in a travelogue - Nieman Storyboard โ€˜The goal of art is to seek out something pure and true and to convey it.โ€™ The author of โ€˜In Open Contemptโ€™ on making sense of history and his own story.

New Craft of Memoir at @niemanstoryboard.org: @mindahoney.bsky.social in conversation with Irvin Weathersby Jr. about truth-telling in a travelogue.

niemanstoryboard.org/2025/07/02/c...

#longreads #booksky #writing #storytelling

02.07.2025 18:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Craft of Memoir: Irvin Weathersby Jr. on truth-telling in a travelogue - Nieman Storyboard โ€˜The goal of art is to seek out something pure and true and to convey it.โ€™ The author of โ€˜In Open Contemptโ€™ on making sense of history and his own story.

"That's what the bookโ€™s about in general. How can I situate myself within these current moments but also within the timeline of history?" Irvin Weathersby Jr., in conversation with @mindahoney.bsky.social

niemanstoryboard.org/2025/07/02/c...

#booksky #writing #memoir

02.07.2025 19:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Different ways of seeking truth - Nieman Storyboard Nadia Reiman on the process behind "This American Life," and Irvin Weathersby Jr.'s deeply personal approach to confronting history.

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org: Featuring @nadiareiman.bsky.social on reporting for @thisamericanlife.org, @mindahoney.bsky.social in conversation with Irvin Weathersby Jr., plus @leahsottile.bsky.social, @hoinski.bsky.social, and more...

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04.07.2025 13:51 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I think at this point, nearly three decades in, that weโ€™ve established that the mission is entirely possible.

26.05.2025 03:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Error of My of Anatomy IUDon't: IUD insertions now featuring pain management!

In honor of the news that the medical field will be finally recognizing it hurts when jam things into and snip of pieces of our cervixes โ€” an IUD tale ๐Ÿฉธ open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...

21.05.2025 18:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The Plantation In Your Town: How We Handle The Vestiges Of Our Past I wasnโ€™t happy when an ad for the โ€œSoul Cleanse Yoga Festivalโ€ popped up in my Facebook feed and I saw several of my friends...

Seems a like a good time to re-share this piece from 2018 that I wrote after discovering there would be a โ€œsoul cleanseโ€ yoga festival at a local plantation โ€” www.leoweekly.com/news/the-pla...

17.05.2025 12:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Beige tote bag with black and red lettering that says โ€œOpen Secrets Magazine.โ€

Beige tote bag with black and red lettering that says โ€œOpen Secrets Magazine.โ€

Cover of Kari Ferrellโ€™s memoir โ€œYouโ€™ll Never Believe Me, featuring a drawing of a woman with short black hair and pink sunglasses, doing a โ€œquietโ€ motion with her finger in front of her mouth; cover of Minda Honeyโ€™s โ€œThe Heartbreak Yearsโ€ featuring yellow and white text, with blue, pink and green background.

Cover of Kari Ferrellโ€™s memoir โ€œYouโ€™ll Never Believe Me, featuring a drawing of a woman with short black hair and pink sunglasses, doing a โ€œquietโ€ motion with her finger in front of her mouth; cover of Minda Honeyโ€™s โ€œThe Heartbreak Yearsโ€ featuring yellow and white text, with blue, pink and green background.

My mind was happily blown by the amazing panels of writers + editors at #OpenSecretsLive. I wanted to buy EVERYONEโ€™S book - I got Minda Honeyโ€™s โ€œThe Heartbreak Yearsโ€ + Kari Ferrellโ€™s โ€œYouโ€™ll Never Believe Meโ€ ๐Ÿคฉ Rachel Kramer Bussel created a lovely, impactful event! @opensecretsmag.bsky.social

05.05.2025 23:02 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Hope you love the book!!

17.05.2025 12:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Men think we care about money and women are worried about their lives. Just a little screed about the dudes who interrupt my peace

Itโ€™s spring, so the sidewalk pests are out! Hereโ€™s a little drag for the men who disrupt my peace and the alarming belief that women should tolerate a manโ€™s disrespect if he makes enough money.

open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...

08.05.2025 17:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Minda Gets a Mammogram Lefty gave 'em the run around

The same day I dropped a newsletter about my first mammogram (and subsequent follow up for what were ultimately, thankfully benign issues) I got hit with the $1,000 bill. Yay, America!! open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...

03.05.2025 14:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Open Secrets Live closing keynote conversation with Minda Honey and Deesha Philyaw on relinquishing your secret desires to the page

Open Secrets Live closing keynote conversation with Minda Honey and Deesha Philyaw on relinquishing your secret desires to the page

Our Open Secrets Live May 3 closing conversation will be between @mindahoney.bsky.social and @deeshaphilyaw.bsky.social on Relinquishing Your Secret Desires to the Page. opensecretsmagazine.com/p/open-secre... @amazonpublishing.bsky.social @wvupress.bsky.social

01.05.2025 18:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Minda Honey's lessons from writing a memoir, and advice for journalists finding their voice - Nieman Storyboard The author of "The Heartbreak Years" embraced being "shameless" in telling her own story.

My Friday newsletter for @niemanstoryboard.org โ€” great advice from @mindahoney.bsky.social for journalists experimenting with memoir. Plus links from @clairewillett.bsky.social, @mallarytenore.bsky.social, @propublica.org and @joepompeo.bsky.social.

niemanstoryboard.org/2025/02/28/m...

28.02.2025 14:41 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 13    ๐Ÿ” 4    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Minda Honey's lessons from writing a memoir, and advice for journalists finding their voice - Nieman Storyboard The author of "The Heartbreak Years" embraced being "shameless" in telling her own story.

"To be shameless is to reject the standards set for you by others and live by your own measure."

โ€”ย @mindahoney.bsky.social

niemanstoryboard.org/2025/02/28/m...

#booksky

28.02.2025 14:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Minda Honey's lessons from writing a memoir, and advice for journalists finding their voice - Nieman Storyboard The author of "The Heartbreak Years" embraced being "shameless" in telling her own story.

"Revise where you're hiding." @mindahoney.bsky.social's advice for journalists experimenting with memoir.

niemanstoryboard.org/2025/02/28/m...

#longreads #booksky

01.03.2025 19:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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babyโ€™s first #awp reading: you KNOW itโ€™s at a tattoo shop, with some of my all-time favorite CNF baddies, and will involve death + sex + being put in my place in the funniest way possible. ๐Ÿ’˜ @natalielima09.bsky.social @mindahoney.bsky.social @lillydancyger.bsky.social @otroedgargomez.bsky.social

03.03.2025 13:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 7    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you've read Alligator Tears, I spoke to icon and legend @mindahoney.bsky.social about the turtle passage in the Pulse essay for Harvard's @niemanstoryboard.org. Check it out if you wanna read about what went into writing that one low-key bittersweet scene from the book ๐ŸŠ๐Ÿฅฒ๐Ÿข

27.02.2025 16:34 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 9    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Is this how beauty queens feel when they get crowned for the first time? ๐Ÿฅฒ Thank you for the warmed welcome, Mark and for letting me nerd out on craft โค๏ธโ€๐Ÿ”ฅ

27.02.2025 15:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

BIG NEWS! THE BIGGEST!! And you know that convo between me and Deesha is gonna be JUICCCCY ๐Ÿ‘

27.02.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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All the Men are Peter Pan, All the Women Wendy On leaving Neverland

Wrote about Irvin Weathersbyโ€™s new book, โ€œIn Open Contempt,โ€ becoming an art lover and the Peter Pan tale (or should I say Wendyโ€™s story?) open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...

24.02.2025 17:25 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I Want to Be Where the People [Aren't] (Sorry, Ariel!)

The ways we do or donโ€™t change with age are endlessly interesting to me โ€” sorry party promoters ๐Ÿ˜ฌ open.substack.com/pub/mindahon...

12.02.2025 17:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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