Pretty Good Year
I was seeking more knowledge,More words to explain,How living this moment,Can be chalk full of pain,How suffering happens,Not just to oppress,But rather to sharpen,Uplift us to best. Nothing was coming,Presenting itself,Until then it happened,Stealing words from my mouth.The ultimate test,To welcome, accept,Or to rail against,The injustice of less. Left with only the truth,That we live […]
Holiday Greetings & Gratitude
Storyteller Release & Book Launch
It’s been five years. Five years of work, five years of ups and downs, five years of wondering why I even bother and then realizing that I don’t really have a choice but to write. It forces its way out of me. And as inconvenient and frustrating as that can be in moments, I have […]
My Problem With Wellness
In the last class of this year’s Yoga & Meditation Vacation in Paros, I spoke to the students about the concept of “wellness” and how the word is a source of irritation for me. The irritation has little to do with the actual word, but rather because there doesn’t seem to be another word that’s […]
The Tension of Opposites
I feel. Deeply. I always have. As a kid I was identified as the emotional barometer of the family; when issues arose with my parents or my siblings, my emotional state would indicate that instability. I was labeled as “sensitive”, a label slapped on me because I showed what I felt, I (eventually) spoke what no one else was addressing, and I (eventually) refused to lie with secrets as my bedfellows. Truth has always been hard for me to turn a blind eye to, and so, I feel.