Category Archives: Life & Being Human
Living with Regret (the movie that won’t stop playing)
You know that thing your brain does at midnight? When it decides to screen every [...]
When Words Fail (what to say when someone is grieving)
This piece is for the moments when someone you care about is hurting and you [...]
Mass Gaslighting (when entire societies lose their grip on reality)
You’re here because something feels deeply wrong about the world, but when you try to [...]
What You See Is What You Are (and that’s the problem)
Let’s talk about something nobody wants to admit: you’re not seeing reality. You’re seeing your [...]
Four Paws of Mindfulness (what my dog taught me about presence, love & being seen)
The Tao of Doof (mastering the art of living) Doof* doesn’t wake me in the [...]
Discovering Your Authentic Self (a path to self-acceptance)
You’re exhausted from trying to be everything at once. Confident but humble. Ambitious but grateful. [...]
To My Sun-Loving Yogi (grieving my dog)
No matter how many times I say to myself, “She had a good, full life,” [...]
Grief in the Body (why movement feels impossible & why it matters)
Why Movement Is Both Impossible and Essential Grief doesn’t just happen in your mind or [...]
How to Accept Yourself Completely (the power of radical self-acceptance)
You’re a walking contradiction. You want connection but need solitude. You crave stability while yearning [...]
Emotional Pain (when “sit with your feelings” feels impossible)
“Sit with your pain, be with it,” he said.I smiled, screaming inside:“You have no frickin’ [...]
7 Types of Grief That Exist (ready or not)
Grief doesn’t follow the neat timeline they sold you. It’s not five stages you graduate [...]
Moving for Health Reasons (how I created my own luck after lyme disease)
Creating Luck Survival Disguised as Success You know, for the longest time, my life up [...]
Why That Person Drives You Crazy (what your triggers reveal about you)
The Person You Can’t Stand Is Trying to Tell You Something I was hate-scrolling someone’s [...]
When Grief Needs Company
Wolves keep showing up in my mind for one reason. When a pack loses one [...]
Everyone Lives in a Bubble (and that’s not a problem)
Everyone Lives in a Bubble (and that’s not a problem) Someone told me recently that [...]
Feeling Lonely in a Screen-Filled World (social media depression & digital disconnection)
Longing for Connection in a Screen-Filled World You know that specific emptiness that hits at [...]
Grieving Someone Who Is Still Alive (ambiguous loss)
Into the Silence of Broken Bonds There’s a kind of loss that has no funeral, [...]
This Is Going to Take a While
I saw a documentary about elephants. Late, volume low. There was a scene where one [...]
Acceptance Isn’t Peace (the exhausting truth about accepting loss)
Acceptance (barefoot through brambles) For months I kept doing this stupid trick. I’d wake up [...]
I Don’t Want Anything
No resolutions, no goals. Nothing. And somehow… that feels exactly right. For everyone who’s craving [...]