Writing

I write about activism, the environment, mental health, parenting, queerness, sobriety, crafting and sustainable fashion, self-care, and meditation. To commission me for a piece, please email me at: christy [at] christytending [dot] com.

Activism and the Environment

• Catapult: David Attenborough Helps Me Explain the Climate Crisis
• HuffPost: When I Met The Love Of My Life, There Was Just One Problem: I Was Facing A Felony Charge
• The Citron Review: It Explodes
• Milk Candy Review: Not Legal Advice

Mental Health

• Ms. Magazine: “It Wouldn’t Be Good for the Institution”: on Meghan Markle, Depression and Who We Believe
• Motherwell: When postpartum depression lasts beyond new motherhood
• The Mighty: read all articles on The Mighty
• POPSUGAR.: I Have Seasonal Affective Disorder — Here’s How I Get Through My To-Do List

Parenting

• Newsweek: Becoming a Mom Helped Me Realize I’m Gender Fluid
• The Everymom: It’s Okay to Mourn Your Birth Plan
• Thought Catalog: I’m Not a Mom Who Can “Do It All”
• trampset: Make Sure.
• Mutha Magazine (forthcoming): Privacy, Consent, and Erasure as a Writing Mother
• Barren Magazine (forthcoming): All That Matters

Sobriety

• Scary Mommy: As A Gift To My Son, I Stopped Drinking
• Thought Catalog: An Open Letter to Sober-Curious People
• Electric Literature (forthcoming): Reading Addiction Memoirs Made My Drinking Worse
• First Person Singular by Memoir Monday (forthcoming): Sobriety Through the Major Arcana

Self-Care and Meditation

• The Everymom: How Meditation Helped My Pregnancy Anxiety
• Thought Catalog: Here’s Why Intentions Are Better Than Goals // If You’re Feeling Overwhelmed, Try These 4 Simple Strategies
• Puttylike: A Kinder Way of Setting Goals
• Tiny Buddha: read all articles on Tiny Buddha
• Atta Girl: How I Learned to Style My Own Hair at 38.