Rey Katz

Rey Katz writes about LGBTQ+ rights and their experience as a non-binary small biz owner, MIT alum, and black belt in Kokikai Aikido. They are published in HuffPost, Popsugar, Catapult, etc.

166 posts

The burnout of organizing stuff

Why does packing my belongings feel like burnout?

Rey Katz May 2, 2024 3 min read

How can you write anything new after you go viral?

The secret to reliably create more when success is intimidating

Rey Katz Apr 25, 2024 4 min read

A big travel plan

And how I think about writing about vacation photos

Rey Katz Apr 18, 2024 3 min read

How do I deal with edits to my personal stories?

A writer known for being "surprisingly calm" gets angry

Rey Katz Apr 11, 2024 4 min read

Why did I come back?

My aikido origin stories

Rey Katz Apr 4, 2024 5 min read

Falling, metaphorically

How practicing falling can help you feel safe even when you are not in control.

Rey Katz Mar 28, 2024 5 min read

Why would you want to be thrown?

What people don't understand about aikido

Rey Katz Mar 21, 2024 6 min read

Let's talk about burnout...

Why is it so hard to talk when I'm burned out?

Rey Katz Mar 14, 2024 3 min read

Creative Nonfiction Class now enrolling!

Writing the Personal Essay, starting April 16!

Rey Katz Mar 9, 2024 5 min read

How to fully set up DNS for Substack custom domain

How to fix the http to https redirect using Cloudflare

Rey Katz Mar 9, 2024 3 min read

Oh, that was a fawn response...

People-pleasing can keep us safer, but is not the only way to defend ourselves

Rey Katz Mar 7, 2024 4 min read

Maybe I don't remember who I was

I told that man to stop emailing me. But did I?

Rey Katz Mar 3, 2024 5 min read

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