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Reclaim & Recover: Heal from Toxic Relationships with a 7-Step Guided Journal
Reclaim & Recover: Heal from Toxic Relationships with a 7-Step Guided Journal

Tara Blair Ball’s insightful journal questions will help you work through the pain, trauma, and uncertainty after your breakup and usher you toward reclaiming yourself.

2022

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Tara Blair Ball
Tara Blair Ball

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Published in

Age of Empathy

·Sep 8

A Nurse Overdosed Me On Opioids, But Legal Experts Said I Was Too Healthy to Sue

I lived, but that was the problem. — I nearly died after my twins were born. The “nearly” here is important because when I contacted five lawyers afterward to try to sue for medical negligence, the fact that I was alive and well was a problem. If I hadn’t been, they would have taken the suit in a…

Healthcare

7 min read

A Nurse Overdosed Me On Opioids, But Legal Experts Said I Was Too Healthy to Sue
A Nurse Overdosed Me On Opioids, But Legal Experts Said I Was Too Healthy to Sue
Healthcare

7 min read


Published in

With Love

·Aug 22

My Relationship with My Affair Partner Was Doomed. Yours Probably Is Too.

I’ve spent a lot of my life thinking I’d somehow be the exception, but more often than not, I’ve been the rule. — I recognized he was being pushy, but I excused it. This was what I wanted, wasn’t it? I couldn’t say so myself. I didn’t intend to embark on an affair when I met the man who would become my affair partner. Though I had filed for divorce from my husband…

Relationships

5 min read

My Relationship with My Affair Partner Was Doomed. Yours Probably Is Too.
My Relationship with My Affair Partner Was Doomed. Yours Probably Is Too.
Relationships

5 min read


Published in

Sexography

·Aug 15

Why Sharing Chores Might Not Lead to More Sex

“Choreplay” and the myth of housework and desire — My husband does our family’s laundry. If I believed in “choreplay,” I’d film a Tiktok of him emptying our laundry basket and set it to a song like “One Margarita.” …

Relationships

6 min read

Why Sharing Chores Might Not Lead to More Sex
Why Sharing Chores Might Not Lead to More Sex
Relationships

6 min read


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Better Humans

·Aug 9

I’m Happily Married, Yet I Still See How Marriage Is a Scam

But learning how gay/lesbian couples handle division of labor can help. — Even though my parents had a traditional marriage, my mother never romanticized being a stay-at-home parent. She told me, in fact, to do the opposite. “Never depend on a man,” she told me multiple times. “Get educated. Get a job.” So I did. I got a Bachelor’s degree and then…

Relationships

6 min read

I’m Happily Married, Yet I Still See How Marriage Is a Scam
I’m Happily Married, Yet I Still See How Marriage Is a Scam
Relationships

6 min read


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History of Women

·Jul 28

Men Have Been Attacking Women’s Looks When They Feel Threatened for Centuries

The rise and fall of Sarah Mapp, the famous female bonesetter — She couldn’t have been petite, delicate, or demure. In fact, in caricatures circulated of her, she was as compact as a muscled toad, and she had to have been to be a “bonesetter,” what we would view today as an 18th century orthopedist. …

Women

5 min read

Men Have Been Attacking Women’s Looks When They Feel Threatened for Centuries
Men Have Been Attacking Women’s Looks When They Feel Threatened for Centuries
Women

5 min read


Published in

Bitchy

·Jul 22

I Got Divorced Because I Didn’t Want to Be a Married Single Mom Anymore

…and I’ve never regretted it. — “Are you okay?” my then-husband asked. I blinked and looked at him. “Why?” “You’ve been washing your hands for probably five minutes now.” “Oh,” I said and turned off the sink and wiped my hands on a towel. I’d been thinking of all of the things I needed to do…

Divorce

4 min read

I Got Divorced Because I Didn’t Want to Be a Married Single Mom Anymore
I Got Divorced Because I Didn’t Want to Be a Married Single Mom Anymore
Divorce

4 min read


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Hello, Love

·Jul 20

Men Beware: The “Great Divorce” Is Here

Women are initiating 69%+ of divorces, and inequitable division of labor is becoming more and more of a reason why. — I got divorced in 2018 for many reasons, but unequal division of labor was a top one. You might think me petty. You might also think, Why on earth would you leave a man who loved you and was faithful to you because he didn’t help with the kids or…

Divorce

9 min read

Men Beware: The “Great Divorce” Is Here
Men Beware: The “Great Divorce” Is Here
Divorce

9 min read


Published in

Hello, Love

·Jul 20

Men Should Be Concerned that Women Are Initiating Divorce More than 70% of the Time

While some argue that this is a sign of progress for women’s empowerment and independence, it still should be a cause for concern. — Divorce isn’t something I would wish on anyone. There’s nothing quite like having all of these witnesses to the end of your relationship; lawyers and judges and mediators who are the only ones directly benefiting from your relationship’s demise. In reality, nobody wins when it comes to divorce.

Divorce

5 min read

Men Should Be Concerned that Women Are Initiating Divorce More than 70% of the Time
Men Should Be Concerned that Women Are Initiating Divorce More than 70% of the Time
Divorce

5 min read


Published in

Hello, Love

·Jun 7

I Was in so Much Emotional Pain and Didn’t Understand Why

Toxic relationships can have a severe impact on us. — Entering into a relationship SHOULD be an exciting experience. But in my case, the majority of my relationships ended with me in pieces wondering what happened. Because of that, I often entered into new relationships full of tension and anxiety, waiting for the inevitable curtain to drop and reveal that…

Toxic Relationships

5 min read

I Was in so Much Emotional Pain and Didn’t Understand Why
I Was in so Much Emotional Pain and Didn’t Understand Why
Toxic Relationships

5 min read


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Sexography

·Feb 16

I’m Not Dumb, but I Was Still Gaslighted by My Own Husband.

It can happen to anyone because our own trust is used against us. — I’d been married for six years when I found drugs in my house. While my infant twins were napping, I’d decided to hang a tiny canvas painting that celebrated coffee on the wall above my kitchen cabinets. While up there, I glanced along the dirty dusty line of the top…

Addiction

5 min read

I’m Not Dumb, but I Was Still Gaslighted by My Own Husband.
I’m Not Dumb, but I Was Still Gaslighted by My Own Husband.
Addiction

5 min read

Tara Blair Ball

Tara Blair Ball

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Certified Relationship Coach, Author, and Podcast Co-host for Breaking Free from Narcissistic Abuse. https://beacons.page/tara.relationshipcoach

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