(BEST OF) How to Not Disappear: Chanel Miller

Writer and artist Chanel Miller discusses depression, healing, and redefining success after trauma. She describes depression as seeing life through narrowed ‘toilet paper roll binoculars’ that distort perspective. Miller shares how healing meant giving herself permission to let go and move forward, and why showing up as her full self—without perfection or exhaustion—became her measure of success. She recounts a powerful moment of returning to Stanford, where the sound of the crowd released her from caretaking others’ pain.