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Rachel Santos
Contributor at The Artful Age
Covers
+ The Journal
- 17 stories
- Writing since 2026
Rachel built and ran her own advertising agency before turning to writing about family life, where she covers raising children with differing needs, the career-and-parenthood juggle, and why self-care is a necessity rather than a luxury for every parent.
All stories
- Sep 1, 2026 People who steal five quiet minutes in the middle of a busy day aren't being selfish + The Journal
- Aug 24, 2026 My children are watching me relearn how to want things for myself + The Journal
- Aug 22, 2026 Moms who seem to have great skin and no apparent effort aren't always genetically blessed + The Journal
- Aug 21, 2026 Parenting through hard years without falling apart isn't always resilience + The Journal
- Aug 20, 2026 The night your child cried and you found something close to the right words + The Journal
- Aug 19, 2026 Some people don't understand what their mother gave them until they're old enough to need it + The Journal
- Aug 18, 2026 The mother who parents two children differently isn't playing favorites + The Journal
- Aug 6, 2026 Parenting can make a woman feel both more herself and less herself in the same afternoon + The Journal
- Jul 24, 2026 I have planned four birthday parties, two school events, and a dentist appointment in my head during a single dinner… + The Journal