Karis Rogerson

Jennifer Mathieu has spent much of her life pouring into the lives of teenagers, both through her day job as a teacher and through the four books.

Here’s the thing about faking it: eventually, the truth comes out, or someone gets hurt. So I'm going to talk about my virginity on first dates!

"I think that you're never too old to read about hope, love, and redemption."

Selfies are one of the easiest indicators of my mental health.

Up until a couple of weeks ago, I was a 23-year-old who had never been on a date.

On top of the career she’s already built for herself, Emily’s debut young adult novel Light Years released from Simon Pulse/Simon & Schuster in September.

When I held Baby J for the first time, everything shuffled into place. For the kids, I see every reason to breathe. They love me. I don’t know why.

Hospitalizations make me realize my own shortcomings when it comes to placing mental illness on the same plane as physical illness

Here’s the thing about depression: it cycles. Even when I’m on medication, going to therapy and doing everything I’m able to do in order to stay healthy and keep it at bay, it bleeds in and out of my soul.

There’s a reason I turn to Friends when I get depressed. Ok, I lied, there are several reasons.