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COVID-19: Welcome to the Mental Health Portion of the Show

COVID-19: Welcome to the Mental Health Portion of the Show

by Ivy Hughes | Jun 22, 2020 | Coronavirus, COVID-19, Grief, Mindfulness

Last night I murdered a man, cut him up in quadrants, left him in the middle of my bedroom floor and cleaned my house. When I finished, I put his severed body, which was shockingly weighty, and several bags of trash into an alley dumpster. I waited for the police....
Six Feet: How Present With It Are You?

Six Feet: How Present With It Are You?

by Ivy Hughes | Apr 13, 2020 | Coronavirus, Coronavirus and death, Grief, Mindfulness, Survivorship

Today was hard. Today, I felt what it’s going to be like when my parents die. First, I woke in the wee small hours of the morning because I felt one of my children scream. I have two boys. They are two and are currently with their father, with whom I share custody....
Why Are We So Flippant About Losing Wisdom?

Why Are We So Flippant About Losing Wisdom?

by Ivy Hughes | Mar 24, 2020 | Compassion, Coronavirus

If you believe the majority of coronavirus deaths are occurring among a throw away, older population that has already lived; is well past its use; and won’t be missed if time accelerates for them by ten or twenty years, this is an excellent time for expansion. I used...
Dogs Can’t Get COVID-19. Is That Why We’re Acting Like Them?

Dogs Can’t Get COVID-19. Is That Why We’re Acting Like Them?

by Ivy Hughes | Mar 16, 2020 | Belief, Coronavirus, Value

I went to Walmart the other day and by the time I was halfway through the store, I was in such a panic about COVID-19 and the end of the world that I started throwing shit I never buy into my cart. Shit like salt and vinegar kettle chips; baked Cheetos; and cheese...
The Curative Powers Of A Post-Cancer Ménage

The Curative Powers Of A Post-Cancer Ménage

by Ivy Hughes | Jan 8, 2020 | Dating after cancer, Life after breast cancer, Life after cancer, Relationships and sex, Sex after cancer, Surviving cancer, Survivorship

Reclaiming your sexual self after cancer is as bad as it sounds. Actually, it’s worse. It’s like falling off a shining new Gary Fisher and then being given a unicycle with a flat tire and a rusty chain. It takes effort where effort wasn’t previously required and it...
Looking for Love in All of the Wrong Places

Looking for Love in All of the Wrong Places

by Ivy Hughes | Oct 15, 2019 | Life after breast cancer, Life after cancer, Mindfulness, Self love, Surviving narcissists, Survivorship

One of the saddest objects of affection is the unsent love letter. A few weeks ago, following two glasses of wine, I furiously wrote one of these and then hid it beneath my yoga teaching journals. Along with moaning about life and unfairness and all the other BS that...
How El Salvador’s Civil War Generation Is Saving Coastal Tourism

How El Salvador’s Civil War Generation Is Saving Coastal Tourism

by Ivy Hughes | Sep 30, 2019 | Life after breast cancer, Surfing, Travel

(Author’s note: This was originally published in surfing magazine, The Inertia after three national pubs said they’d accept this piece EXCEPT for the fact that El Salvador’s on a U.S. travel ban. Think about governments deciding where you can move...
How Cancer Forced Me to Face a Lifelong Battle with Depression

How Cancer Forced Me to Face a Lifelong Battle with Depression

by Ivy Hughes | Sep 12, 2019 | Cancer grief, Depression after cancer, Depression and cancer, Suicide, Surviving cancer, Survivorship

I have struggled with crippling depression since I was, I don’t know, four? But it wasn’t until I was in the midst of cancer treatments that I came to terms with the fact that my life might just be better if I surrender to Big Pharma and take some goddamn...
Hunting for Shoes with the Two Cutest, Most Worthless Anything Finders

Hunting for Shoes with the Two Cutest, Most Worthless Anything Finders

by Ivy Hughes | Sep 12, 2019 | Life after breast cancer, Raising kids, Raising kids after cancer, Raising twins

“Where is your shoe?” “Yeah.” “Seriously. Where is your shoe? There’s one over there and there’s one over there. Both lefties, one a sandal, one a tennis shoe. Where are the other ones?” “Yeah!” Thus began the twenty minute search to find two matching pairs of shoes...
Am I a Scary Mommy for Almost Giving Up My Kids?

Am I a Scary Mommy for Almost Giving Up My Kids?

by Ivy Hughes | Aug 30, 2019 | Cancer grief, Life after breast cancer, Life after cancer, Raising kids, Raising kids after cancer, Raising twins, Surviving cancer

Thanks to Scary Mommy for posting this one.
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  • COVID-19: Welcome to the Mental Health Portion of the Show

    COVID-19: Welcome to the Mental Health Portion of the Show

    June 22, 2020
  • Six Feet: How Present With It Are You?

    Six Feet: How Present With It Are You?

    April 13, 2020
  • Why Are We So Flippant About Losing Wisdom?

    Why Are We So Flippant About Losing Wisdom?

    March 24, 2020
  • Dogs Can’t Get COVID-19. Is That Why We’re Acting Like Them?

    Dogs Can’t Get COVID-19. Is That Why We’re Acting Like Them?

    March 16, 2020
  • The Curative Powers Of A Post-Cancer Ménage

    The Curative Powers Of A Post-Cancer Ménage

    January 8, 2020
  • Looking for Love in All of the Wrong Places

    Looking for Love in All of the Wrong Places

    October 15, 2019
  • How El Salvador’s Civil War Generation Is Saving Coastal Tourism

    How El Salvador’s Civil War Generation Is Saving Coastal Tourism

    September 30, 2019
  • How Cancer Forced Me to Face a Lifelong Battle with Depression

    How Cancer Forced Me to Face a Lifelong Battle with Depression

    September 12, 2019

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