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Personal Essays | 4 Lessons My Grandma Taught Me

July 11, 2018 // 0 Comments

Coffee is a form of meditation. In order to enjoy a cup, you must have a quiet and calm mind. My grandma is a Greek coffee pro. She loves making coffee, drinking it, ‘reading’ the cup. But most of all, she loves coffee talks. [...]

Personal Essays | Mourning the Living

July 10, 2018 // 1 Comment

It's possible to mourn the loss of someone who is still alive. I've been mourning the loss of my mom since she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's eight years ago. [...]

Sweatpants & Travel | 5 Reasons Everyone Should Travel Alone

July 1, 2018 // 0 Comments

I usually go alone on my business trips. However, after traveling with my family for Christmas I realized that traveling alone really is the way to go. Many people feel like [...]

Sweatpants & Sanity | Souls Lit on Fire – What Yoga Is

June 21, 2018 // 0 Comments

By: Emily Berkey Abstract: “ asking me to explain what yoga means to me is as challenging a question to answer as trying to accurately describe what the experience of [...]

Personal Essays | Always Be Yourself …

June 14, 2018 // 0 Comments

Always be yourself, unless you can be Batman. Then always be Batman. We talk a lot about being yourself—being true to yourself, reflecting on your best self, [...]

Sweatpants & Soul | Dealer

June 13, 2018 // 0 Comments

I have been writing stories in recent months that are as painful to read as they are to write. Truths, revelations, memories that now serve a purpose were once shoved [...]

We’re All the Same Soft Animal Inside

June 8, 2018 // 0 Comments

Content warning: suicide, death I’m thinking this morning about suicide. Anthony Bourdain was special to a lot of us, and his death feels heavy to me. Two celebrity [...]

Personal Essay | Falling Down Stairs

June 5, 2018 // 0 Comments

There’s a lot about pregnancy they don’t tell you. Not because no one wants to, but because it’s hard to describe. Other stuff, in fact lots of stuff, they [...]