How to Fall Apart by Liadán Hynes

Taking Up a Hobby in Your Forties

Interviews one Olympic rower, takes to the water

Jun 15 • 

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What I Did Yesterday

A trip with a friend

Jun 8 • 

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April 2025

Growing up without religion in a fairly religious country

How to Fall Apart by Liadán Hynes is a reader-supported publication.

Apr 21 • 

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The Secret Co-Sleeper

On figuring out what works for you and the should-ing of new mothers

Apr 1 • 

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March 2025

Invisible work on the home front

Writing and parenting

Mar 22 • 

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What is it really like to be a stepmother?

An anonymous interview about the reality of being a stepmother, the trope of the evil stepmother, and what advice she would give to others

Mar 20 • 

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I cut off all my hair on a whim

I regret nothing

Mar 14 • 

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Helen Steele on dating, HRT, and how to "be a nice human"

An interview with the designer and artist about ageing, divorce, parenting, ADHD, and happiness

Mar 7 • 

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February 2025

I Miss My Friends

Is putting them on the to-do list the answer?

Feb 28 • 

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Some People I Interviewed Last Month

As a journalist, I talk to strangers for a living

Feb 12 • 

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January 2025

Edna O'Brien, a single parent

Sinéad O'Shea's new film about the author

Jan 24 • 

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Mark Zuckerberg please take your 'masculine energy' elsewhere

The differences in working for men and women

Jan 16 • 

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