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From Soulmates to Co-authors: How My Husband and I Survived Writing A Book Together
What some of our friends and family might not realize is that in addition to taking adorable pictures together from high angles that make...
Julie Cali
Apr 7, 20241 min read


What Dry January Taught Me About My Alcoholic Father
My latest boosted essay is about what Dry January taught me about my alcoholic father. In the face of societal pressure, I couldn't make...
Julie Cali
Mar 18, 20241 min read


Why I’m not Raising My Daughter to be a Lady: how to overcome gender stereotypes and reinforce gender equality at home
Sharing my latest essay on how to overcome gender stereotypes and reinforce gender equality at home. With me being the primary...
Julie Cali
Mar 4, 20241 min read


Being Intimate With Your Partner Without Touching: building creative connection through writing
Intimacy is often only thought about in physical terms, but there are many ways to become closer with your partner! My latest essay talks...
Julie Cali
Feb 16, 20241 min read


Yelling is My Love Language: How Do I Keep My Children from Learning It
Check out my latest essay published by Modern Women on Medium on yelling being my love language, and my concern that I’m passing it down...
Julie Cali
Feb 11, 20241 min read


The Day My Son Almost Died on My Watch: the mental toll of caring for a child with a chronic disease
It's been seven years since Luke's type 1 diagnosis. I'm incredibly proud of how he manages his care without complaint. This week he sat...
Julie Cali
Feb 7, 20241 min read


Can We Talk About My Tatas?
Sharing my new boosted Medium essay published by Middle Pause. It highlights how when little we pray for our breasts, but as we age we...
Julie Cali
Jan 24, 20241 min read


When You Share a Birthday with Your Husband and Your Son
Check out my latest boosted essay on Medium about Kevin, Luke and I sharing our birthday. Thanks for reading and clapping....
Julie Cali
Jan 18, 20241 min read


Fluffy and Proud: Breaking Free From Societal Norms of Body Image: Why you shouldn’t let your body size define you.
Sharing my latest boosted Medium article about being fluffy and proud! A good message to remember for the start of the New Year. Thanks...
Julie Cali
Jan 9, 20241 min read


Apathy as a Shield or a Sword: How Many F@cks Should A Middle Aged Woman Give?
Sharing the friend link to my latest Medium essay titled. Please give it some claps or a comment if you can. It helps promote it on...
Julie Cali
Jan 5, 20241 min read


When Your Father’s Killed Five Days Before Christmas: Coping with Prolonged Grief After Losing A Parent
It’s been five years since my father’s death. I began writing to cope with my sadness. Loss can’t be comprehended until you live it. The...
Julie Cali
Dec 20, 20231 min read


Practicing the Lost Art of Life-long Monogamy: A Middle-Aged Woman’s Perspective
My latest boosted article on Medium offers my view on practicing the ancient art of life-long monogamy! Kevin was my first and only...
Julie Cali
Dec 13, 20231 min read


From Caretaker to Creator-Rediscovering My Identity Beyond Motherhood
I had my first article submitted to a publication on Medium get boosted! I discuss how although I gave my children my thirties, I won't...
Julie Cali
Dec 3, 20231 min read


Dos Personas: a look at the grandmothers who raised me
When I was twenty years old, long brown hair, still doe-eyed and untouched by the world, I went to New York for the summer to take care...
Julie Cali
Oct 24, 202311 min read


What I Learned The Day My Apple Watch Died
As I lifted my arm to brush my abnormally long hair, my Apple Watch slipped off my wrist. When it hit the tile, the thud echoed against...
Julie Cali
Oct 11, 20234 min read


Dad Guilt—Why Isn’t it a Thing?
Mom guilt—we all know what that is. The feeling that you are failing at being a caretaker, that you are not living up to parental...
Julie Cali
Sep 19, 20236 min read


Are you there God? It's me, Julie Cali
God, I’m sure you heard me praying to you last month when my cycle was late. At the age of 43, my thoughts didn’t turn to pregnancy. That...
Julie Cali
Aug 15, 20233 min read


Girl’s Night Out When You Aren’t a “Girl” Anymore
Once upon a time, in a kingdom far far away, there lived a girl who worked as an attorney in Manhattan. She lived in a beautiful...
Julie Cali
Jun 28, 20237 min read


Yes, Gisele Bündchen, You Matter Too
Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen divorcing over him working too much highlight how the angsts of motherhood, the push and pull between being...
Julie Cali
Feb 8, 20234 min read


My Take on the Overt Art of Not Giving a F*ck
My New Year’s Eve Resolution was to give way less f*cks (if any at all) about unimportant things, while also somehow pushing myself to...
Julie Cali
Jan 10, 20237 min read
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