Julia Craven

5 days ago | healthyfutures.blog | Julia Craven

February 19, 2025, mid-morning, sitting at my kitchen counterI wish I could think without the fog. Inside my head is dense, muddied, unclear. The work I’ve spent a third of my life doing professionally, and pretty much all of my life, doesn’t feel right anymore. Putting pen to paper, telling stories, getting something, anything, out doesn’t feel possible, and I don’t know how to articulate this to anyone. I don’t know how to ask for help or admit I need it. So I lie. I say I’m fine. I am not.

1 week ago | healthyfutures.blog | Julia Craven

Someone recently asked me how I, a health and wellness creative, integrate the wellness techniques I research into my daily life. I mentioned a few of the trends I’ve fallen victim to—does anyone else remember green tea metabolism boosting pills?!—but I didn’t share much about what I do now, outside of long walks and taking creatine. Then it hit me that I haven’t shared my current methods anywhere. My protocols involve feeling as good as possible as often as possible.

1 week ago | healthyfutures.blog | Julia Craven

The inaugural edition of Field Notes is on me. Next week, it’s behind the paywall. Enjoy!April 1, 2023, Late Afternoon, Living RoomI saw the text at 4:30 p.m. It’s a warm spring Saturday. I’ve been lying in the same spot, curled into the fetal position on the couch, mourning what I believed to be an amicable, loving split between two people who spent the bulk of their 20s together.

3 weeks ago | healthyfutures.blog | Julia Craven

During my decade-long professional career in journalism, I have produced work that I am so proud of. I’ve helped real people get their needs, their voices, and their stories heard by millions. I’ve honored that my reporting has been featured in books, academic papers, and the resource pages of professional organizations.

1 month ago | newamerica.org | Julia Craven

After a traumatic experience during her first pregnancy, Tonya Abari wasn’t sure she wanted to have children again. But when she found out she was pregnant, Abari was determined for this time to be different. She sought out Tanzye Hill, a Nashville-based doula she’d befriended in the interim, to help build a Black care team that would respect her.