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Hana Leyland

9–10–23: Reflections on Transness and Re

I woke up to the sound of rain drops. The Los Angeles rain where the drops are in a sparse dance with no particular time signature. Just…

5 min readSep 10, 2023

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Hana Leyland

Becoming Woman | My Journey With Gender Identity

A Girl In A Boy’s Arms

14 min readMar 11, 2023

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Becoming Woman | My Journey With Gender Identity

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Hana Leyland

Benjamin Leyland is the Only One Explaining Why Their Mother’s Suicide Almost Killed Them Too

Hey there, I recently appeared on The Only One In The Room podcast where I discussed, among other things, my mother’s suicide and the…

1 min readMar 11, 2023

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Me and Laura Cathcart Robbins, the queen of the Only One In The Room podcast

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Hana Leyland

The Terrible Stories Are The Ones We Have To Tell

“The story you don’t want to tell is the story you have to tell” said a dear friend and mentor, the eighty-six year old author Jill Schary…

20 min readMar 11, 2023

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The Terrible Stories Are The Ones We Have To Tell

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Hana Leyland

12:48PM 12/31/22 and I’m Freaking Out

I am having a bad mental health day. Let me rephrase that. I am having a mental health day. Neither bad, nor good, simply I am mindful of…

4 min readDec 31, 2022

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Hana Leyland

When I Know I Must Move My Body

I’ve been having these dreams recently. There’s no specific identifying information or cohesive detail that suggests what they are about.

3 min readDec 4, 2022

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When I Know I Must Move My Body

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Hana Leyland

Stuck in a Rut? Try the Ten Disciplines of Action

There are so many personal development blogs and self-help books out there it’s difficult to keep track. Whether it’s manifestations…

7 min readMar 2, 2022

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Stuck in a Rut? Try the Ten Disciplines of Action

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Hana Leyland

What Is “Doing The Third Step” All About?

When I first got sober in Alcoholics Anonymous, I encountered steps one and two and they made a lot of sense to me. Sure, my life had…

4 min readJan 25, 2022

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Hana Leyland

Pride Is About Letting Go Of Our Secrets

Everybody shares at least one secret. And in the gay community, we all shared a big one.

6 min readJun 9, 2021

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Pride Is About Letting Go Of Our Secrets

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Hana Leyland

How Writing Deepened My Therapy Practice

Every Friday at 8am I sit in front of my computer and wait for my therapist, Peter, to arrive. He’s a diffident and giddy older gentleman…

4 min readMay 24, 2021

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How Writing Deepened My Therapy Practice

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Hana Leyland

Hana Leyland

Poetry of the ordinary, mental health, sexuality, gender and identity, authenticity, provocative honesty, spirituality and sobriety.

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