The Self-ish Edit
A column by Rachel Kellogg
SELF-ISH
For women who are done following the rules, asking permission, and pretending "fine" is good enough. We're questioning everything — and choosing ourselves without the guilt.
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The unfiltered version
Life Between
the Lines
The best parts of my life don't make it to the highlight reel.
Summer '25
Choosing each other, over and over.
Always
The group chat, but make it real life.
Last summer
40 never looked so good. And we meant it.
2024
Still the happiest place on earth.
Spring '25
Dressed up. Showed up. Stayed up.
This year
"Maybe you're not having a crisis. Maybe you're finally waking up."
"Being SELF-ISH isn't about caring less. It's about disappearing less."
The woman behind the words
"I couldn't help but wonder…"
What happens when a woman stops living the life she was supposed to want — and starts creating one she actually does?
Rachel Kellogg is a storyteller, entrepreneur, wife, mother, and woman in her 40s who is done with the quiet performance of having it all together. She's a sales and marketing executive by day, a keynote speaker by invitation, and a writer by compulsion.
Self-ish is where she says the quiet parts out loud — and invites other women to do the same.
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Here's to becoming more SELF-ISH.