Published Writing
A selection of stories written by Kelly.
Relationships
What Is Your Attachment Style? Attachment Theory, Explained (mindbodygreen)
It's OK If You Don't Want Sex In Your Relationship Right Now (mindbodygreen)
This One Sentence Can Deescalate Any Conflict In Your Relationship (mindbodygreen)
16 Green Flags To Look For In A New Relationship, From A Dating Coach (mindbodygreen)
Why Some Long-Term Couples Are Passing On Marriage (The Zoe Report)
6 Ways to Help Your Partner Feel More Confident in Bed (Fatherly)
So, Sex Has Become a Reward in Your Relationship. Is That a Problem? (Fatherly)
This Is How Women Get Stranded In Unhealthy Relationships (mindbodygreen)
How To Get Your Partner To Do More Around The House, For Real (mindbodygreen)
Married Women Do More Housework Than Single Moms. Why? (mindbodygreen)
A case for pet names (mindbodygreen)
Jenna Dewan and Channing Tatum's Divorce Shows Us It's OK To End A Marriage (O.school)
How Long Should It Really Take To Get Over Someone? (mindbodygreen)
This Is When A Relationship Without Labels Doesn't Work (mindbodygreen)
The 4 Next Steps When You Think Someone Is Ghosting You (mindbodygreen)
FYI, About Half Of People In Relationships Don't Have Sex Every Week (mindbodygreen)
This Is What To Do If You Notice Your Partner Seems Depressed (mindbodygreen)
Why Is There Still A Stigma Around Non-Monogamy? (mindbodygreen)
Sex
Let’s Talk About “Foreplay”: 11 Ways Men Can Mix Things Up in Bed (Fatherly)
How to Ask For What You Want in Bed (Without Making It Awkward) (Fatherly)
Can’t Orgasm? How To Know If You Have Anorgasmia & 9 Next Steps (mindbodygreen)
All The Ways You Can Have Orgasms That Have Nothing To Do With Sex (mindbodygreen)
7 Issues That Get Confused For Low Libido (mindbodygreen)
Is Watching Porn A Sin? Modern, Faith-Informed Ethical Considerations (O.school)
How to Make Someone (or Yourself) Squirt (O.school)
How to Watch Porn With Your Partner (Fatherly)
21 Things Scientists Discovered About Sex In 2019 (mindbodygreen)
Why New York may ban “virginity tests” statewide (O.school)
Is It OK For My Child To Masturbate? (O.school)
Your Kids Will Find Sex Online — Here's What Parents Should Do (mindbodygreen)
When Should You Start Talking To Kids About Sex? As Young As Possible (mindbodygreen)
My Partner & I Tried Meditating For 30 Days To Improve Our Sex Life (Bustle)
I Taught a Chastity Class — and I'm Sorry (Cosmopolitan)
Can You Learn How To Have Better Sex From A Box? I Tried It (mindbodygreen)
Bad Orgasms: No, Not All Orgasms Are Pleasurable Or Wanted (mindbodygreen)
Why Some Women Just Go Along With Painful Sex (mindbodygreen)
Sex IRL: 8 couples explain what it’s like when sex is painful for one person (HelloGiggles)
Sex IRL: What it’s really like having threesomes as a couple (HelloGiggles)
Sex IRL: 12 parents get brutally honest about how having kids affects their sex life (HelloGiggles)
Identity
Wellness Doesn’t Belong To White Women (The Cut)
No, Acknowledging That All Genders Can Menstruate Doesn’t “Erase Women” (SheKnows)
Why Georgia's Six Week Abortion Restriction Is a Total Ban for Many (Teen Vogue)
Bert, Ernie, and America’s reflexive fear of queerness (Teen Vogue)
5 Things You Need To Stop Saying If You Really Care About Fighting Racism (mindbodygreen)
How To Talk To Your Parents About Racism (mindbodygreen)
How To Raise Boys Without All The Stereotypes About Gender & Masculinity (mindbodygreen)
Want To Support LGBTQ Kids' Mental Health? Start With Improving Sex Ed (mindbodygreen)
30 Ways To Actually Empower Women (mindbodygreen)
How to support your kids’ authentic gender expression (O.school)
Troye Sivan Was Asked About His Favorite Sex Position — Here's Why That's Not Cool (O.school)
I Spent 24 Hours Watching Women Get Short Haircuts (Bustle)
Why This Congressional Hopeful Is Taking A Stand for Trans Kids (Vice)
What I Wish I Said to the Guy Who Mansplained My Own Emotions to Me (Marie Claire)
Every Anti-LGBTQ Action the Trump Administration Has Taken So Far (GO Magazine)
24 Ways To Actually Support LGBTQ+ People In 2020 (mindbodygreen)
Wellness
Why does Tampax suddenly care about menstrual cups? (HelloGiggles)
How Your Vagina Changes Throughout Your Life — And How To Care For It At Every Stage (The Zoe Report)
Why tidying up makes us feel so good (HelloGiggles)
10 reasons your period might be longer than usual, according to doctors (HelloGiggles)
7 Tangible Ways To Help End Period Poverty (mindbodygreen)
Why Don't Doctors Talk To Us About Self-Care? (mindbodygreen)
5 Things Your Gynecologist Wants You To Stop Doing ASAP (mindbodygreen)
Why We Should Be More Honest About Our Emotions At Work (mindbodygreen)
Why You Need To "Reattach" To Work Every Morning (mindbodygreen)
Offices Are Obscenely Cold & Science Says It Hurts Women's Ability To Work (mindbodygreen)
Here’s A More Physical Way To Process Difficult Emotions (mindbodygreen)
Arrange your bedroom exactly like this if you want a better night's sleep (HelloGiggles)
Why Do People Think Men Don't Need Sleep? (mindbodygreen)
The 5 Ways Trauma Might Change You, Based On Your Personality (mindbodygreen)
Culture
Why congresswoman Rashida Tlaib cried on the phone with me (HelloGiggles)
Lindsay Lohan Called #MeToo Survivors "Weak." Here's Why She's Wrong. (Teen Vogue)
I went shopping with the woman trying to revolutionize lingerie (The Lily)
6 Ways Anyone Can Help Domestic Violence Victims During COVID-19 (mindbodygreen)
The devastating beauty of Greenland's melting ice (The Week)
The president and the press (The Week)
What Jane the Virgin knows about happiness (The Week)
Is red really a power color you should wear at work? (HelloGiggles)
Who were our mothers before they became mothers? (HelloGiggles)