Writer Journalist | ✍️ @NYTimes @WashingtonPost @NyMag @HuffPost @Slate @TodayShow @Newsweek @WomensHealthMag @SELFMag | IG: @Lbmccarty717
Joined March 2022
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11 May 2025
I’m nervous and excited to share my latest essay and my first piece for @TheCut.
Thanks to my wonderful editor @jenortiznyc for letting me share my story.
I’m also grateful to my mentors @Susanshapironet and @PeterMountford for your support.
#WritingCommunity #womenwriters
After an accident and decades of anger defined how writer Lisa McCarty saw her mother and their relationship, she writes in this essay for the Cut, they’re both finally beginning to heal. thecut.com/article/mother-da…
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May 16
Thank you for sharing my article @treatmyocd!
May 13
When @noahkahanmusic shared that he was diagnosed with OCD at 28, many people saw themselves in his story—including journalist Lisa McCarty.
In a powerful new piece, Lisa reflects on her own delayed OCD diagnosis and how both she and Noah experienced symptoms long before they had language for what was happening.
It’s an important reminder that OCD doesn’t always look like stereotypes, and why awareness is important.
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May 14
I’m nervous and proud to share my first piece for @latimes about @NoahKahan’s and my delayed OCD diagnosis.
Thank you to my editors for letting me share this story. I’m also grateful to @Susanshapironet and @PeterMountford for your guidance.
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Apr 13
Excited to share my first piece for @TIME on a deeply personal topic - the worsening crisis of more kids becoming caregivers.
I’m grateful to my editor for letting me share my story and for my mentors @Susanshapironet @PeterMountford for your support.
I appreciate you all reading!
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28 Nov 2025
Helpful and relatable piece by my mentor and writing teacher @Susanshapironet for Salon.
26 Nov 2025
Happy #thanksgiving! Here's my latest piece thanks to great @Salon editors @josephneese @eekshecried Kelly McClure & shrinks who shared their wisdom @VatsalThakkarMD Justena Kavanagh Diana Kirschner Carlos Saavedra Vélez Kristen Underhill Welch & FCW!
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Lisa McCarty retweeted
23 Nov 2025
“By writing I can live in ways that I could not survive.” —Louise Erdrich buff.ly/vJWItI5
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23 Nov 2025
Here’s your Sunday reminder that you can handle anything that comes your way this week.
#WritingCommunity #womenwriters #5amwritersclub #sundayscaries #monday
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13 Nov 2025
I’m excited to share my 2nd Tiny Love Story and 6th piece published in The New York Times today. It’s titled, “Letting In the Light.”
I’m grateful for my editor accepting my piece and for support from my mentors @Susanshapironet & @PeterMountford.
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8 Nov 2025
These scattered brown and yellow leaves reminded me of messy words strewn across the page in a sh*tty first draft.
#writingcommunity #womenwriters #writerslife #5amwritersclub
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10 Oct 2025
Love this reminder from author and poet, Maggie Smith.
In case you needed to hear it today, I hope it helps you too. ❤️
#writngcommunity #womenwriters
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Lisa McCarty retweeted
Thank you for this.
10 Sep 2025
Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. It's time to change the narrative on suicide. While suicide is complex and can be difficult to understand, it *is* preventable, and we’re working hard to ensure that more people have the tools they need to access help and hope.
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