PinnedMaureen Fitzgerald1 year after divorce — I realized it wasn’t just toxic, it was abuse.Coming home from a long road trip of searching and reflecting on 29 years of life, I slowly drove down a familiar street filled with shops…6 min read·Dec 23, 2020--3--3
PinnedMaureen FitzgeraldRead this when you’re feeling the uncertainty of life.Right now your life, this world, may feel as though it is imploding, crumbling, the shrapnel of what existed before scattered as far as you…4 min read·Jul 25, 2022--3--3
Maureen FitzgeraldA love poem for AugustThe San Juan Islands in Washington State are a well-kept secret. This lush Northwest paradise offers respite in the heat of the summer…·1 min read·Aug 10, 2022--1--1
Maureen FitzgeraldThe picture books that will save you years of therapy.So often, as we grow up, we begin to distance ourselves from picture books and Young Adult stories and we fall into “Adult Genres” — we…6 min read·Aug 2, 2022----
Maureen Fitzgerald5 poetic affirmations for re-centering loveLet’s face it, this summer, these last few years, okay fine– this life is filled with peaks and valleys. One minute we’re embracing hot…2 min read·Jul 30, 2022----
Maureen FitzgeraldScrew the patriarchy, we should all be writers: 8 pleasure-filled ways to start your writing…‘Nothing happens in the real world unless it first happens in the images in our heads’ — Gloria Anzaldua7 min read·Jul 17, 2022----
Maureen FitzgeraldNetflix’s ‘Maid’: 6 subtle red flags they absolutely nailed.Netflix’s ‘Maid’ rocked me. Based on the memoir by Stephanie Land, the story follows Alex, a young mother trapped in an emotionally abusive…6 min read·Nov 15, 2021----
Maureen FitzgeraldSo you’ve been thinking about BLM for a week.What’s next?4 min read·Jun 8, 2020----
Maureen FitzgeraldWhite women need to step the f*ck up.White feminism, its toxicity, and the call to change.6 min read·Jun 1, 2020--3--3
Maureen FitzgeraldThe Necessity of Sadness : “Inside Out” and CoronavirusJoy. She can be difficult to find even when the state of the world is operating at normal levels. She is someone we need always and are…4 min read·Apr 6, 2020----