hi, I’m Mere.

I’m a therapist, YouTuber, and now two-time author. I wrote Hey Addiction, Thanks for Nothing: A Brutally Honest Guide to Loving an Addict Without Losing Your Mind and the upcoming The Plan B Chronicles: Divorce. Defiance. Liberation. (out July 8th). I’m an unapologetic truth-teller who connects like your best friend—but with a DSM-5 in one hand and a torch in the other.

I’m not here to sugarcoat healing or dress pain up in pretty language. I write and speak about what breaks us, what rebuilds us, and what no one wants to say out loud—but should.

Over on Mend with Mere, I dive into the emotional undercurrents of music—especially lyric-driven artists—blending psychology, storytelling, and song analysis in a way that connects us to our deepest truths (and sometimes makes us cry in a good way).

I’ve spoken nationally on divorce, grief, single parenthood, mental health, supporting the often-overlooked loved ones of addicts, and my work has been featured in The Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, and Colman McCarthy’s Teaching Peace.

This site is home to my words, my work, and the messy, meaningful stories we’re not afraid to tell anymore.