Writing (List) | Natalie Serianni

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Writing

Parenting Personal Essays

My Kids Hate Summer Camp and Refuse to Go. This summer, I'm not forcing them and instead saving money.

My Kids Finally Know Santa Isn't Real, and I'm Thrilled. I Can Now Rein in My Holiday Budget

It Feels Like I'm Constantly Spending Money on my Kids from September through December (Business Insider/MSN)

I'm No Longer Writing Thank You Notes, and I'm Not Making My Kids Do It Either

Scared Shitless and Still Climbing: How I Became a Mother Without a Mom

Parenting in midlife is a Nonstop Nostalgia Trip, Scary Mommy | November 2024

An Ode to My Mom - And Bed, Bath, and Beyond, December 2024 | Jenny Magazine

Caring for my Dad and Young Kids has Taken a Toll on my Health, Scary Mommy | June 2024

I No Longer Worry About Packing My Kids a Healthy Lunch | September 2023

Controlling What I Ate Was How I Tried to Control the Messiness of Midlife, Grown&Flown | June 2023

HuffPost: After My Mom's Death, I Developed A Seemingly Innocent Habit. Then It Spiraled Out Of Control, HuffPost | November 2022

Best Community-Building Ideas from the 70s, ParentMap | September 2022

I Stopped Dying My Gray Hair, Insider | September 2022

We Teach Our Kids It's Ok to be Brave + Scared. We Need That Lesson, Too, MotherUntitled | June 2022

How I Live with Mom Anxiety - and Joy - Side by Side, MotherUntitled | April 2022

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I Couldn't Let My Daughter Get Bangs, Moms Don't Have Time to Grieve | March 2022

Free to Next Owner, Filter Free Parents | January 2022

Back-to-School Jitters: From Remote Learning to Regular School| ParentMap | August 2021

Why I’m Giving My Kids a Seventies Summer this Year, ParentMap | June 2021

My Daughter Has Actually Thrived with Distance Learning, MSN and SheKnows | April 2021

Twenty years after my mother’s death, I still can’t make her breakfast casserole, Motherwell |
March 15, 2021

When The Bus Doesn’t Show, Sammiches and Psych Meds | March 2020

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Motherless Mothers Feel it All, Ruminate Magazine | June 2019

Fall’s Coming, Lionesse | September 2018

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Life’s Picture’s, Guest Blog Post | October 2018

And Family Makes Four: Surviving Your First Year with Your Second Child, ParentMap | June 2017

Creative NonFiction

The New York Times Tiny Love Story, “Don’t Dare Try the Plain Cream Cheese” | June 2024

Putting Things Away, Barely South Review | December 2023

The MotherLove Project | March 2023

My Mother’s Manhattan, Mutha Magazine | March 2022

Little Blue Engine, The Keepthings | October 2021

Well Played, The Manifest-Station | April 2020

The Craft of Writing

Am I Milquetoast? Or Maybe It's OK to Not Have a Big Opinion

When the Words Won't Come

Writing Success Won’t Fix a Damn Thing, The Brevity Blog | January 2025

Don’t Ever Tell me What to Do, The Brevity Blog | July 2023

For Example… Natalie Serianni on Finding Focus in the Author Bio | Kelly Ann Jacobson | June 7, 2023

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Interviews

A conversation with Amanda Montei: Consent, Connection, and Care for Literary Mama | November 2023

Where I’m From, With Alyson Shelton | July 2023

Crosscut, How Seattle Parents are Coping with Mental Health Challenges | October 2022

Care.com, Parent Check: Why Are You Really Posting that Photo of Your Kid on Social Media? | July 2022

A Conversation with Jennifer Fliss, for Whale Road Review | June 2022

National Geographic: When Everyday is Take Your Kids to Work Day | April 2021

A Conversation with Sarah Cannon, Literary Mama | March 2020

Podcasts & Media

The Grief Trails Podcast with Amanda Kernahan, “The Magical Mystery Tour of Grief" | January 2024

The Body Myth Podcast with Ronit Plank, “Coming Back to your Body” | May 2022

Evening Magazine | February 2022

Anthologies

What are you Waiting For?

The Pandemic Midlife Crisis: Gen X Women on the Brink, “Subtle Shifts”

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