Open Hands

A song I wrote this week

Oct 9 • Molly Bell

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Pot for Dinner

How to tell when the things you do to feel in control start controlling you, and the one question that helps me let go

Oct 2 • Molly Bell

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September 2026

Can a friendship make you sick?

A theory about friendship, illness, and the letter I never should have sent.

Sep 17 • Molly Bell

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July 2026

Is This Recovery — or Is This the Illness?

How to tell your drive from your disorder when they’re wearing the same outfit.

Jul 18 • Molly Bell

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Welcome...Begin Here

A little about this project...

Jul 16 • Molly Bell

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May 2026

Vicodin, Nine Hot Firemen, and a Husband Who Brushed My Hair

On the time I overdosed at 33, what my two-year-old knew before I did, and the quiet part nobody says out loud about being so tired of your own body

May 13 • Molly Bell

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April 2026

Why doing more is quietly stealing your life.

Why clearing your plate keeps filling it — and the smallest possible way out.

Apr 24 • Molly Bell

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March 2026

Why Your Boldest Ideas Get The Flattest Responses

On social comparison, tall poppies, and the people closest to you who really wish you'd calm down

Mar 30 • Molly Bell

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October 2025

You're Not Lost, You're In Between: How to Cross a Transition Without Losing Yourself

How to let a transition unfold when you can't see the road ahead.

Oct 16, 2025 • Molly Bell

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June 2025

Why pretending you're fine is so exhausting

On confidence, talent, and why letting people actually see you is kind of the whole point

Jun 21, 2025 • Molly Bell

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You Don't Need a Big Audience, You Need One Person

How to Build an Audience When Self-Promotion Makes You Want to Die a Little

Jun 16, 2025 • Molly Bell

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The Bravery Hangover

Why doing the scary thing feels terrible the next morning, and what to do before noon.

Jun 16, 2025 • Molly Bell

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