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What It Felt Like to Almost Die

My near-death experience taught me not to fear those final moments

Jan 18, 2019

What It Felt Like to Almost Die

Jan 18, 2019

My Brush with Anthony Bourdain

“Tony wears fucking espadrilles now!”, she said to me as the three of us huddled together at the after-party, her voice laden with humor…

Aug 27, 2021

My Brush with Anthony Bourdain

Aug 27, 2021

As I Stood on the Edge of Death

Realizing I was dying was like being pushed into a pool. No sliver, no ounce, no existence of control. I kept my story secret for a…

Aug 18, 2021

As I Stood on the Edge of Death

Aug 18, 2021

How to Lose Your Best Friend

No one tells you what it’s like to put your dog down, to hold your best friend as they take their last breath. Here’s what no one told me…

May 17, 2021

How to Lose Your Best Friend

May 17, 2021

The Truth About His Divorce

The beginning of the actual divorce long predated the beginning of the legal one. You could say it started when his business sank into…

Dec 12, 2020

The Truth About His Divorce

Dec 12, 2020

We Are Made of Stars: A Look at Human Ashes Under a High Powered Microscope

Everything changed for Gabriela Reyes Fuchs the day she got that phone call from her Father. A physician who saved many lives during his…

Jul 11, 2020

We Are Made of Stars: A Look at Human Ashes Under a High Powered Microscope

Jul 11, 2020

I Ignored My White Privilege in a Mixed Race Family

In my high school class, I was the only white O’Brien. My Aunt Judy had adopted seven children from Brazil many years earlier, two of whom…

Jun 10, 2020

I Ignored My White Privilege in a Mixed Race Family

Jun 10, 2020

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Human Parts

My Dog Lay With Me at the Hour of My Death

She helped me survive with a new understanding of the world around us

May 29, 2020

A black and white photo of the author’s shadow along with her dog’s shadow.

May 29, 2020

We’re All Living in a Spaceship Now: The Oddity of Our Pandemic POV

“This is Major Tom to Ground Control I’m steppin’ through the door And I’m floating in the most peculiar way And the stars look very…

Apr 11, 2020

We’re All Living in a Spaceship Now: The Oddity of Our Pandemic POV

Apr 11, 2020

Why We Struggle to Talk About Death

It wasn’t until I almost died that I began to understand death. After surviving a massive pulmonary embolism that the E.R. physician…

Jan 29, 2020

Why We Struggle to Talk About Death

Jan 29, 2020

Christen O'Brien

Christen O'Brien

Writer & Collector of life stories. Work featured on The Today Show, NYT, CNN, MSNBC, Medium. Documentary coming out 2022. (www.christenobrien.com)

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