Gila Lyons' writing about health, mental health, and social justice has appeared in The New York Times, Oprah Magazine, Cosmopolitan, Mothertongue, Health Magazine, Healthline, Aeon, Vice, Vox, The Huffington Post, GOOD Magazine, Salon, Poets & Writers, The Millions, Refinery29, The Rumpus, The Morning News, Ploughshares, Brevity, Tablet, The Forward, Fusion, Bitch Magazine, Bust Magazine, The Millions, and other publications. Her pieces have been anthologized in books and collections, most recently in ABOUT US: Essays from the Disability Series of the New York Times, (W. W. Norton, 2019). Gila served as one of three “Alices” at Go Ask Alice! , Columbia University’s award-winning health and sexuality website, as well as a health writer for WebMD, The Chopra Center, Remedy, EndocrineWeb, and KHealth. She holds an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University. Gila teaches writing and literature at colleges and universities, and works as a freelance writer, a writing coach and editor, and an anxiety coach and connector to resources. Message her for rates and availability. Connect with her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn, and check out her favorite books here.