How Deciding to Donate a Kidney Saved My Own Life greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item...

Seniors' college applications are almost in.   Now's a great time to learn from @lllewis.bsky.social, @ellenbraaten.bsky.social, @jesslahey.bsky.social & others about preparing them for college. See my rec' book lists on Amazon (https://bit.ly/ECHAmazon) & @bookshop.org (https://bit.ly/ECHBookshop)

October sucked ASS. open.substack.com/pub/jesslahe...

An oldie but goodie (the kid in question is now a senior in college): www.theatlantic.com/education/ar...

So many scams targeted at writers! I almost got got so here's a run-down of what to watch out for. The Scammer's Guide to Writers open.substack.com/pub/amwritin...

FREE virtual presentation on substance use prevention in kids! We will laugh, there will be no fear mongering, and I will share lots of ways in to conversations that don't make you feel oogy, hopelessly uncool, or preachy. gpsparentseries.org/events/jessi...

I'm all Porter Robinson Cheerleader vibes today while making welcome videos for a couple of schools I'll be visiting this fall to talk Gift of Failure and Addiction Inoculation (but mostly a combo of the two).

There's great wisdom I want you to hear from some people with experience. Read this post featuring  @jesslahey.bsky.social & others learn how adults do this and what they can do instead. https://bit.ly/LDblog154x  #CollegePrep #ADHDParent #2e #Parents #twiceexceptional #ParentingTips #Dyslexia

This week on the #AmWriting podcast, Sarina & I interview a new favorite author of ours, Tess Gerritsen! We talk about her process, switching genres, and finding a new series right there in her backyard in mid-coast Maine. amwriting.substack.com/p/writing-th...

Someone asked about my most-recommended (work-related) books. Here they are, feel free to recommend others in the comments!

Want to know more about bringing me in to your community to speak on Gift of Failure or Addiction Inoculation topics? This post is for you! jesslahey.substack.com/p/why-yes-id...

I have the best job ever. I teach kids, parents, communities abt substance use, help parents & schools let kids fail & struggle & learn from it. Most of all, help kids feel seen, heard, known & supported for who they ARE, not what we want them to be. For more: www.jessicalahey.com/speaking-2

I’m watching the work of my mentors - Dr. Bob Delong, Dr. Cathy Wilfert, Dr. Sam Katz, and N.C. State Rep Marcia Morey - undone by this administration and I hardly know what to do with this grief but write and fight. open.substack.com/pub/jesslahe...

Looking for a beach read?    Now is a great time to learn from @lllewis.bsky.social, @ellenbraaten.bsky.social, @jesslahey.bsky.social,  & others. See my rec' book lists on Amazon (https://bit.ly/ECHAmazon) & @bookshop.org (https://bit.ly/ECHBookshop) #ParentingBook #ParentingTeens #CollegePrep

After years doing the #AmWriting podcast, & many more being interviewed on other people's podcasts, I've compiled the top five rules for being a good podcast guest plus a few crazy tech snafus that can happen (ask me how I know). amwriting.substack.com/p/five-thing...

My niece checking in from the protests in ARKANSAS!

Let's all be the rain on this motherfucker's parade. #NoKings #NoKingsDay

I'm in an Authors Against Book Bans town hall right now and overwhelmed with gratitude for all the hard work to protect the right to read. So much progress has been made and yet so much work is yet to be done! www.authorsagainstbookbans.com

NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill" On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history

I love talking about substance use prevention in kids through the lens of competence, self-efficacy, self-advocacy, and helping kids feel as if they deserve to take up space in the world just as they are. Thanks to Anna Donaghey and the Big Drink Rethink podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

It's a three-box day at SCOTUS, mean we're expecting up to 6 decisions today. Opinions coming at 10.

We feed you. They hunt us.

“Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying the action is needed to restore faith in vaccines.” www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...

Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw

11/ As always, I recommend folks read ’s @jesslahey.bsky.social's  The Gift of Failure for more on the importance of letting students try to solve their own problems and (sometimes) fail:

We had violent, flooding rain and hail yesterday in Vermont and I was reminded of the way my (then) young children were drawn out of the electricity-less house into the post-storm glow and wild, wet possibilities. open.substack.com/pub/jesslahe...

While author interviews are fun, my favorite episodes of the #AmWriting podcast happen when KJ, Sarina, Jennie and I meet up. This week we discuss living in a chaotic world with a lot of noise and getting the words done when the words comes hard. open.substack.com/pub/amwritin...

I get to keynote day 2 of the Vermont Substance Use Conference ON MY BIRTHDAY. Best present ever. Dr. Haner Hernández is speaking on day one and I will be there, front and center. Join us! www.vtcpi.org/vsuc

This week on the #AmWriting podcast, @jennienashbookcoach talks with debut novelist Joan Fernandez. Her novel, Saving Vincent, is about the life of Jo van Gogh. open.substack.com/pub/amwritin...

I could not be more honored to have Dove House choose my book, The Addiction Inoculation, for their book club selection. I met the people from Dove House when I spoke in IN recently and was floored by their dedication to the women they serve FOR FREE. For. Free. www.facebook.com/share/p/195y...

I love doing the Booklabs episodes of the #AmWriting podcast so much! In these episodes (podcast supporters only), we read the first page of a manuscript, & critique. Ultimately, we answer the question, “Would I turn the page and keep reading?” amwriting.substack.com/p/april-book...

Should we make Hello From The Herbarium a thing?? Thank you @nybg.bsky.social for letting me play in the orchid collections! (I think this also counts as an #invertefest post thanks to Xanthopan morganii praedicta's co-starring role)

I have waited my whole life, for this moment....

Dear Canada- Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever. ❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸 #MakeAmericaNormalAgain

There it is, in a nutshell.

Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47

Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, DC, amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions: cnn.it/3GnLY9v

“Every piece of this is man's bullshit. They call this war ‘a cloud over the land’ but they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say ‘Shit, it's rainin'!’” - Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain

I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like:

This episode of the #AmWriting podcast offered so much useful information for me. Huge thanks to Elizabeth Harris for sharing what she knows about novel writing for journalists! open.substack.com/pub/amwritin...

If you saw Sinners and want to learn more about why this flick is such a masterpiece (especially if you are ✋🏼) watch this fantastic review and essential explainer by Professor Cinephile. Massive spoilers. youtu.be/5B5k9H0fhhM?...

Pertussis cases are up 1500% since 2021 due to declining vaccinations & there were at least a dozen deaths in the US last year. Over 700 cases & multiple measles deaths already this year. These are preventable diseases that no one should get let alone die from.

Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return "If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release."

There is no way to convey how proud I am of Caroline Gleich. She was sixteen when I first met her in my English class, and since then she's become a professional athlete, scholar, candidate for U.S. Senate, and agent of change. Brava, sweets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye_r...

Vandals gotta vandalize though right? apple.news/AfMfjss6vTB6...

Today, I'm in Washington D.C., looking out over the Capitol from the Responsibility.org headquarters for a day of talking about how to prevent underage drinking with a group of dedicated, enthusiastic and supportive parenting influencers.