My Journey, My Self.
It was almost a decade ago but I hear the words like minutes have passed. Sobbing on a friend’s couch, head buried into his sweatshirt-covered shoulder, after he called me up and told me I needed to take a second look at my life. I cried at the realization, I cried at...The Collective Heart: When Tragedy Hits The High Notes.
No sweet without sour, no peace without war, no joy without sorrow. We’re all well-versed in the laws of opposition and the truths of our world: in order to have the good we must know the bad. Still, is this any consolation when tragedy strikes? It’s...I Am Still Learning: On Leaving Your Job.
I’ve been writing this post in my head for months. Envisioning the aftermath. Formulating the response. Figuring out how much I say. I’ve romanticized it in my head, the words cathartically flowing from my mind and whispered breath out of my fingertips and onto...Treat Yo’self: The Life-Shifting Power Of Setting (Small) Boundaries
There’s a saying I once heard (probably from Oprah) about when it comes to the people you interact with on a regular basis: “We teach others how to treat us.” And I used to think that was bogus. Not that I thought that I was immune to...My Own Worst Enemy: Breaking Out Of Your Best Body
One of the little details I love best about my life is that my parents still live in the house I grew up in. My room is practically untouched from the time I was a teenager, photographs and books stacked up on my desk from when I moved home my senior year of college....
