Abby Alten Schwartz is a Philadelphia writer and healthcare communications consultant whose work has appeared in Hobart, Many Nice Donkeys, The Manifest-Station, Unbroken Journal, Little Old Lady Comedy and elsewhere. Her essays and reported stories have been published in The Washington Post, The New York Times, WIRED, Reader’s Digest, Next Avenue, Brevity Blog, Scary Mommy and The Seattle Times. Abby is a 2022 Best of the Net nominee for CNF and once had a column about hooping. The hula kind. She is writing a memoir about her journey from hypervigilance to trust, and invites you to follow her on Twitter @abbys480 and visit abbyaltenschwartz.com