Flailures: When Failing Feels Like Flailing.
“Fail,” in all its incarnations, wasn’t a word used often in my house growing up. I’d love to attribute 100% of this to my parents and their excellent leadership skills, but I think a big reason we didn’t use the word because we...
How To Change Your Life.
I BLINK AWAKE and I’m surrounded. I open my door and walk out into the still-sleeping streets and they close in. The busses plow by and I’m hit with their force. Signing onto Facebook, tweeted out on Twitter. On fitness product placards and grocery story windows...
A Seasonal Existence.
I live in the seasons now, the highs and the lows. And I’ve learned what I love and what I loathe. What makes me fly high and what makes me forget myself entirely. LA is famous for 72 And Sunny How pleasant it is always. But I know the truth: How often we forget...
Losing My Hearing: On Being Human.
As long as I can remember, I’ve gravitated towards accessible role models. I’m not talking the people who are untouchable but put on a “look-how-down-to-earth-I-am-STARS-THEYRE-JUST-LIKE-US” demeanour for their fans. I’ve always been most...
You Have No Resumé: On Building A Person.
“You have NO resumé.” The memory just flooded back to me as I drove down the West Side Highway. Or not so much flooded. More like sneak-attack haunted-house-level *jumped out* at me. Truthfully I don’t remember if the words exactly were you have nothing on your resumé...
