Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 06/03/2026How Deciding to Donate a Kidney Saved My Own Life greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item... 051
Reposted by Jess LaheyElizabeth C. Hamblet, LD Advisory @echamblet.bsky.social · 26/12/2025Seniors' college applications are almost in. Now's a great time to learn from @lllewis.bsky.social, @ellenbraaten.bsky.social, @jesslahey.bsky.social & others about preparing them for college. See my rec' book lists on Amazon (bit.ly/ECHAmazon) & @bookshop.org (bit.ly/ECHBookshop) 133
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 28/10/2025October sucked ASS. open.substack.com/pub/jesslahe...open.substack.comA Long October...and there's reason to believe / maybe this year will be better than the last* 040
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 13/10/2025An oldie but goodie (the kid in question is now a senior in college): www.theatlantic.com/education/ar...theatlantic.comWhy Back-to-School Night Made Me Feel Like a Bad MomWhy aren't my kids playing sports or learning the cello? A case study in Pressured Parents Phenomenon. 020
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 03/10/2025So many scams targeted at writers! I almost got got so here's a run-down of what to watch out for. The Scammer's Guide to Writers open.substack.com/pub/amwritin...open.substack.comThe Scammer's Guide to WritersSorry, Colleen Hoover did not read your book. Here's how not to be a mark. 010
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 22/09/2025FREE virtual presentation on substance use prevention in kids! We will laugh, there will be no fear mongering, and I will share lots of ways in to conversations that don't make you feel oogy, hopelessly uncool, or preachy. gpsparentseries.org/events/jessi... 010
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 16/09/2025I'm all Porter Robinson Cheerleader vibes today while making welcome videos for a couple of schools I'll be visiting this fall to talk Gift of Failure and Addiction Inoculation (but mostly a combo of the two). 020
Reposted by Jess LaheyElizabeth C. Hamblet, LD Advisory @echamblet.bsky.social · 10/09/2025There's great wisdom I want you to hear from some people with experience. Read this post featuring @jesslahey.bsky.social & others learn how adults do this and what they can do instead. bit.ly/LDblog154x #CollegePrep #ADHDParent #2e #Parents #twiceexceptional #ParentingTips #Dyslexiabit.lyThe Importance of Transparency in College Preparation for Students with Disabilities - LD AdvisoryWell-meaning adults may prevent students with disabilities from developing the self- knowledge they'll need to self-advocate and self-manage at college. Learn how they do this and what they can do instead. 001
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 01/09/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...nytimes.comOpinion | We Ran the C.D.C.: Kennedy Is Endangering Every American’s Health 081
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 22/08/2025This week on the #AmWriting podcast, Sarina & I interview a new favorite author of ours, Tess Gerritsen! We talk about her process, switching genres, and finding a new series right there in her backyard in mid-coast Maine. amwriting.substack.com/p/writing-th...amwriting.substack.comWriting Thrilling People & Places: Jess and Sarina talk with Tess GerritsenJess and Sarina talk with thriller author Tess Gerritsen about constructing fictional worlds and the people who live there 143
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Someone asked about my most-recommended (work-related) books. Here they are, feel free to recommend others in the comments! 000
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Want to know more about bringing me in to your community to speak on Gift of Failure or Addiction Inoculation topics? This post is for you! jesslahey.substack.com/p/why-yes-id...jesslahey.substack.comWhy, yes! I'd LOVE to speak at your school!It's about time for me to head back out on the road and your town could be next. 000
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 07/07/2025I have the best job ever. I teach kids, parents, communities abt substance use, help parents & schools let kids fail & struggle & learn from it. Most of all, help kids feel seen, heard, known & supported for who they ARE, not what we want them to be. For more: www.jessicalahey.com/speaking-2jessicalahey.comSpeaking — Jessica Lahey 010
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 03/07/2025I’m watching the work of my mentors - Dr. Bob Delong, Dr. Cathy Wilfert, Dr. Sam Katz, and N.C. State Rep Marcia Morey - undone by this administration and I hardly know what to do with this grief but write and fight. open.substack.com/pub/jesslahe...open.substack.comBob, Marcia, Cathy and SamThey paved the way here and will continue to point the way forward 132
Reposted by Jess LaheyElizabeth C. Hamblet, LD Advisory @echamblet.bsky.social · 01/07/2025Looking for a beach read? Now is a great time to learn from @lllewis.bsky.social, @ellenbraaten.bsky.social, @jesslahey.bsky.social, & others. See my rec' book lists on Amazon (bit.ly/ECHAmazon) & @bookshop.org (bit.ly/ECHBookshop) #ParentingBook #ParentingTeens #CollegePrep 011
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 19/06/2025After years doing the #AmWriting podcast, & many more being interviewed on other people's podcasts, I've compiled the top five rules for being a good podcast guest plus a few crazy tech snafus that can happen (ask me how I know). amwriting.substack.com/p/five-thing...amwriting.substack.comFive things podcast guests need to knowMedia training 101 for podcast guesting 031
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 14/06/2025My niece checking in from the protests in ARKANSAS! 010
Reposted by Jess Laheyⓘ 𝕆ligarch f*ckery detected @adelpreore.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Let's all be the rain on this motherfucker's parade. #NoKings #NoKingsDay 824299685991
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I'm in an Authors Against Book Bans town hall right now and overwhelmed with gratitude for all the hard work to protect the right to read. So much progress has been made and yet so much work is yet to be done! www.authorsagainstbookbans.comauthorsagainstbookbans.comAuthors Against Book BansOur Mission Statement We are Authors Against Book Bans. We, a coalition of writers, illustrators, anthology editors and contributors, and other book creators, stand united against the deeply unconstit... 021
Reposted by Jess LaheyBobby Kogan @bbkogan.bsky.social · 12/06/2025NEW FROM CBO: brutal distributional analysis of House GOP "Big Beautiful Bill" On avg the bottom 30% of households get poorer under the GOP bill Avg gets little - and are worse off if you include tariffs This'd be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history 6126191476
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 12/06/2025I love talking about substance use prevention in kids through the lens of competence, self-efficacy, self-advocacy, and helping kids feel as if they deserve to take up space in the world just as they are. Thanks to Anna Donaghey and the Big Drink Rethink podcast. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... 000
Reposted by Jess LaheyChris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 12/06/2025It's a three-box day at SCOTUS, mean we're expecting up to 6 decisions today. Opinions coming at 10. 814926
Reposted by Jess LaheyUnited Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 11/06/2025We feed you. They hunt us. 11933467514771
Reposted by Jess LaheyMolly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 09/06/2025“Health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, saying the action is needed to restore faith in vaccines.” www.statnews.com/2025/06/09/r...statnews.comHealth secretary RFK Jr. abruptly fires CDC vaccine advisory panelHealth secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken the extraordinary step of firing the expert panel that advises the CDC. 66937351263
Reposted by Jess LaheyThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 25/05/2025Today marks five years since George Floyd was killed by police. Our June 22, 2020 cover “Say Their Names,” by Kadir Nelson, illustrated how Floyd’s murder embodies the history of violence inflicted upon Black people in America. nyer.cm/UmfefJw 330154363924
Reposted by Jess LaheyElizabeth C. Hamblet, LD Advisory @echamblet.bsky.social · 18/05/202511/ As always, I recommend folks read ’s @jesslahey.bsky.social's The Gift of Failure for more on the importance of letting students try to solve their own problems and (sometimes) fail: jessicalahey.comThe Gift of Failure — Jessica Lahey 111
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 18/05/2025We had violent, flooding rain and hail yesterday in Vermont and I was reminded of the way my (then) young children were drawn out of the electricity-less house into the post-storm glow and wild, wet possibilities. open.substack.com/pub/jesslahe...open.substack.comStatic ClingThe charge that lingers long after a storm passes 010
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 16/05/2025While author interviews are fun, my favorite episodes of the #AmWriting podcast happen when KJ, Sarina, Jennie and I meet up. This week we discuss living in a chaotic world with a lot of noise and getting the words done when the words comes hard. open.substack.com/pub/amwritin...open.substack.comHow to Focus on Work in a Chaotic WorldRegardless of your political leanings, it's a real challenge to focus on writing right now. Jess, Sarina, KJ and Jennie discuss. 051
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 09/05/2025I get to keynote day 2 of the Vermont Substance Use Conference ON MY BIRTHDAY. Best present ever. Dr. Haner Hernández is speaking on day one and I will be there, front and center. Join us! www.vtcpi.org/vsuc 000
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 09/05/2025This week on the #AmWriting podcast, @jennienashbookcoach talks with debut novelist Joan Fernandez. Her novel, Saving Vincent, is about the life of Jo van Gogh. open.substack.com/pub/amwritin...open.substack.comImagining the Life of Jo Van GoghA conversation with debut novelist Joan Fernandez 010
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 01/05/2025I could not be more honored to have Dove House choose my book, The Addiction Inoculation, for their book club selection. I met the people from Dove House when I spoke in IN recently and was floored by their dedication to the women they serve FOR FREE. For. Free. www.facebook.com/share/p/195y... 000
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 29/04/2025I love doing the Booklabs episodes of the #AmWriting podcast so much! In these episodes (podcast supporters only), we read the first page of a manuscript, & critique. Ultimately, we answer the question, “Would I turn the page and keep reading?” amwriting.substack.com/p/april-book...amwriting.substack.comApril Booklab First Pages: Unlocked, Triple Crown and Mystery Shaman MeatWill Jess, KJ or Sarina turn the page? 000
Reposted by Jess LaheyMolly Edwards, PhD @science-irl.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Should we make Hello From The Herbarium a thing?? Thank you @nybg.bsky.social for letting me play in the orchid collections! (I think this also counts as an #invertefest post thanks to Xanthopan morganii praedicta's co-starring role) 6955292
Reposted by Jess Laheyriksredguard.bsky.social @riksredguard.bsky.social · 28/04/2025I have waited my whole life, for this moment.... 718234982904
Reposted by Jess LaheyMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/04/2025Dear Canada- Please accept our deepest apologies from all decent Americans embarrassed by the obnoxious trolling from our man-baby-in-chief who is lacking in both intelligence & any impulse-control whatsoever. ❤️ from your neighbors below, 🇺🇸 #MakeAmericaNormalAgain 17215876910196
Reposted by Jess LaheyGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 29/04/2025There it is, in a nutshell. 786381046964
Reposted by Jess LaheyThe New Yorker @newyorker.com · 28/04/2025Barry Blitt’s cover for this week’s issue, “The First Hundred Days.” #NewYorkerCovers nyer.cm/ysrCZ47 413273796603
Reposted by Jess LaheyCNN @cnn.com · 26/04/2025Organizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, DC, amid a shift in priorities and the ousting of leadership at one of the nation’s premier cultural institutions: cnn.it/3GnLY9vcnn.itKennedy Center’s LGBTQ+ Pride events canceled | CNN PoliticsOrganizers and the Kennedy Center have canceled a week’s worth of events celebrating LGBTQ+ rights for this summer’s World Pride festival in Washington, D.C., amid a shift in priorities and the oustin... 6218692
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 26/04/2025“Every piece of this is man's bullshit. They call this war ‘a cloud over the land’ but they made the weather and then they stand in the rain and say ‘Shit, it's rainin'!’” - Charles Frazier, Cold Mountain 000
Reposted by Jess LaheyPete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I want politics to be about a better everyday life. Here's what that can look like: 950317376932
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 25/04/2025This episode of the #AmWriting podcast offered so much useful information for me. Huge thanks to Elizabeth Harris for sharing what she knows about novel writing for journalists! open.substack.com/pub/amwritin...open.substack.comNovel Writing for Journalists with the NYT's Elizabeth HarrisEpisode 445: When telling the truth will only get in your way, but also you have to tell A truth. 010
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 21/04/2025If you saw Sinners and want to learn more about why this flick is such a masterpiece (especially if you are ✋🏼) watch this fantastic review and essential explainer by Professor Cinephile. Massive spoilers. youtu.be/5B5k9H0fhhM?...youtu.beSinners (2025) ReviewYouTube video by Professor Cinephile 010
Reposted by Jess LaheyShematologist, MD @shematologist.medsky.social · 14/04/2025Pertussis cases are up 1500% since 2021 due to declining vaccinations & there were at least a dozen deaths in the US last year. Over 700 cases & multiple measles deaths already this year. These are preventable diseases that no one should get let alone die from. 527392
Reposted by Jess LaheyMona Burns @monaburns.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Letter from Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen (MD) requesting a meeting with Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele To discuss MD father Kilmar Abrego Garcia's return "If Kilmar is not home by midweek – I plan to travel to El Salvador this week to check on his condition and discuss his release." 450123143102
Jess Lahey @jesslahey.bsky.social · 15/04/2025There is no way to convey how proud I am of Caroline Gleich. She was sixteen when I first met her in my English class, and since then she's become a professional athlete, scholar, candidate for U.S. Senate, and agent of change. Brava, sweets. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye_r...youtube.comCaroline Gleich's Full Speech at the "Fighting Oligarchy Tour" in Salt Lake City, UtahYouTube video by Caroline Gleich 051
Reposted by Jess LaheyTim Lahey @timlaheymd.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Vandals gotta vandalize though right? apple.news/AfMfjss6vTB6...apple.newsThe House Speaker’s Eyeing Big Cuts to Medicaid. In His Louisiana District, It’s a Lifeline. — KFF Health NewsThe GOP-controlled Congress is weighing cuts to Medicaid, the government health program that covers millions of Americans — including nearly 40% of Louisianans represented in the House by Speaker Mike... 121