Writing, tools, and a few journals for the anxious, the overthinking, and the tired-of-pretending-they're-fine. Built by someone who's been all three.
Eight months into unemployment after her company's public collapse — on identity, motivation, and the patterns that keep returning.
Read on Substack →Six months into the worst flare-up she'd ever had, she started saying no — to plans, to noise, to anything that pulled her from stability.
Read on Substack →Easier said than done — so here's the actual mechanics of how I try to do it anyway.
Read on Substack →"I think, therefore I might." — pick a feeling, get a daily prompt, journal it out. A gift to your future self, not a promise.
Try it free →"A little perspective when you need it." — one calm, thoughtful quote at a time. Browse a 45-day path or by theme, and save the ones that stay with you.
Try it free →"Sh*t's real. You need a minute. Here it is." — a quick reset for whenever things go sideways.
Try it free →still writing these in
Journals and prompt decks are coming soon. Check back, or find what's currently up on Etsy in the meantime.
Hi, I'm Tiffany. I built Surviving Female because I got tired of choosing between two kinds of internet advice: the clinical kind that sounds like a pamphlet, and the "good vibes only" kind that pretends hard things aren't hard.
This is the stuff I've actually lived through — job loss, flare-ups, anxiety at 2am — written the way I wish someone had written it to me. The apps and tools started the same way: things I built for myself when I needed them, that turned out to help other people too.
No credentials, no cure. Just someone a few steps ahead, leaving notes.
— Tiffany