Tracey Anne Duncan

Bio

Tracey Anne lives in New Orleans with five pets and zero spouses. She studied magic at Columbia and writing at Louisiana State. She has been a body worker and yoga teacher since the last influx of rave and has been word slinging about health and culture way pre-Obama. Tracey Anne is obsessed with poetry, deep critical analysis, snoballs, and helping people live their most hashtag worthy lives.
What to know about the brain stimulation therapy that could help you heal from trauma
By Tracey Anne Duncan
“EMDR did for me what 20 years of talk therapy did not,” a friend (who also happens to be a clinical psychologist) told me recently. “Really?” I asked, intrigued. I’ve been in therapy for three decades and sometimes I feel like I’m doing emotional…
There's scientific proof that "sleeping on it" actually helps you deal with stress
By Tracey Anne Duncan
When something upsetting happens, my 100-year-old grandmother always suggests that I might feel differently about it the next morning. It turns out that her folk logic could be totally in line with current science. A small new study from the…
What non-alcoholic liquor taught me about drinking
By Tracey Anne Duncan
The sound of ice cubes clinking into a heavy glass tumbler followed by a crisp, fizzy splash. The smell of fresh peeled citrus rind. The delicate ombre of dark syrup seeping into soda. The revelation when a subtle tang hits my tongue. These are the…
How to explore your sexuality and minimize the emotional fallout for others
By Tracey Anne Duncan
“I’m scared that you’re just experimenting with me,” he said. “I’m not,” I said, “if I wanted to experiment, I wouldn’t do it with someone nice.” I was telling the truth — that time. As a queer woman who leans strongly to the rainbow end of the…
How to pull off masturbating at work, according to people who’ve done it
By Tracey Anne Duncan
According to a small survey one Time Out NY writer did, more than a third of people she spoke to masturbate at work. My Instagram followers, however, are a far pervier bunch, because about 80% of 113 of my friends admitted to a little on-the-clock…
What exactly do air purifiers do and should I get one?
By Tracey Anne Duncan
People who have air purifiers swear by them. My dad has three in his house and I have a friend who won't travel without hers. Manufacturers claim that they help relieve allergy symptoms, but my dad still gets sinus infections on the regs and my…
Why you should replace your nap breaks with masturbation breaks
By Tracey Anne Duncan
If I don’t nap by 3 p.m, I’m grouchy and borderline incapable of functioning. But I don’t always have time to fit in a solid amount of midday sleep, so recently, I’ve been masturbating instead of napping. Orgasms leave me feeling refreshed and…
There's a thin line between between compassion and codependency
By Tracey Anne Duncan
There are a thousand ways to support somebody close to you when they’re going through something challenging, and some people don't require a lot of your time and attention. But let’s talk about the needy friends — the pal, for instance who’s texted…
These researchers may have figured out how to help kids become open-minded adults
By Tracey Anne Duncan
Adults have a tendency to see children as unformed and unaware of concepts larger than what's immediately evident to them. While it’s true that kids discover many facets of their identities as they grow into adolescence, that doesn’t mean they're…
6 canned cocktails that taste great and are covert enough to drink in public
By Rajul Punjabi and Tracey Anne Duncan
I live in New Orleans, where we have no open container law. That means that I can drink alcohol anywhere I want at any time. So what do I know about drinking on the low? More than you, probably. Because I am a cheap-ass human, I don’t want to…