The Messy Middle
Personal essays about modern life through motherhood—for women becoming, rebuilding, wanting, grieving, and trying to make sense of it all.
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Toronto ↔ Los AngelesWriter · Director · Actor
Stories about
the mess of
being alive.
I’m Ingrid Haas. I write The Messy Middle and make films about motherhood, ambition, grief, reinvention, and the parts of life that resist a clean ending. I also speak and moderate conversations about those things.
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Speaking & moderating
Funny, emotionally honest talks—and smart live conversations—about motherhood, reinvention, ambition, grief, and creative identity.
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