You Know Your Triggers — Now, Find Your Glimmers

What lights you up is just as important as what upsets you

Ashley Abramson
Forge
Published in
3 min readJul 6, 2021

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Photo by Kai Dahms on Unsplash

Recently, a friend posted a beautiful picture to Instagram: a quiet sunrise moment in her parents’ tree-filled backyard. “I’m trying to get better at finding glimmers throughout my day,” her caption read. I wasn’t quite sure what a glimmer was, but if my body’s sudden state of calm…

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Ashley Abramson
Forge

Writer-mom hybrid. Health & psychology stories in NYT, WaPo, Allure, Real Simple, & more.