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The Harm of Fixers | 5 Types of Well-Meaning People You Encounter When Suffering

March 28, 2019 // 1 Comment

There are people in your life who only like you when you are shiny and happy. They’re there to celebrate your triumphs. They love it when you’re grateful and full of joy. [...]

Enjoy Every Sandwich: Reclaiming the Here & Now

February 2, 2019 // 0 Comments

From my earliest memories until some point in my twenties, there was a span of time that seemed every bit as long as a hundred years. It felt like birthdays and Christmas [...]

Sweatpants & Soul | Fighting for the Present in the Middle of the Past and Future

December 9, 2018 // 0 Comments

“…I believed that I was living in the center, but I rarely let my feet rest on solid ground, rooting me in the present… my mind hummed with possible futures. Always. If [...]

Taste Your Life : Bread, Wine, Chocolate

December 16, 2015 // 2 Comments

Maybe I just needed the words close to me. Bread. Wine. Chocolate. Slow. Loss. Food. Love. All words that speak to my heart. Words that I dance and sometimes wrestle with in [...]

The Persistent Optimist | When Full Feels Like Empty

July 20, 2015 // 0 Comments

I woke up today with aching hands, a line of hot tension snaking down from my neck to my fingertips. Why am I in pain? I asked dumbly, while my neurons felt like gravel rocks [...]

Joyful Meditation: The Prodigal Cat

November 3, 2014 // 0 Comments

We have this cat who is mostly ours. We feed him and take him to the vet, but unlike our two inside cats, this one, known as Harold the Brave, likes to go roaming. He’s [...]

The Day I Forgot To Tweet

June 17, 2014 // 0 Comments

It was a darn-near perfect day. There was good company and burgers and badminton. The sun was shining, the air was filled with laughter and music and positive energy. It was [...]

Let’s (Not) Do The Time Warp

April 11, 2014 // 0 Comments

“It’s being here now that’s important. There’s no past and there’s no future. Time is a very misleading thing. All there is ever, is the now. We can [...]

Notes Of Grace

April 10, 2014 // 0 Comments

The daily traffic of our lives creates a pounding backbeat: slamming doors and chatter of carpool; frantic search for tights without runs; the “right” colored leotard; [...]

For Here, Please

October 1, 2013 // 3 Comments

Although I do enjoy many things about “to go”—my grad school days of roaming about Mid-City in New Orleans with a delicious cocktail in a go-cup, or getting take-out [...]