mindfulness
Wanting Connection Doesn’t Mean I’m Good at It
How many times am I going to write about needing connection?
hope
I Know Better Now, But I Still Feel Like a Failure
When insight doesn’t quiet the old voice
disability
The Undiscovered Country of Getting Better
After 35 years of suffocating depression, I finally used the last of my air to speak up.
Spiritual
My Aria of Grief
The unique agony of a “mature” breakup
disability
Why I Hate “Fake It Till You Make It”—and Why We Don’t Have a Good Alternative
disability
Why I Hate “Fake It Till You Make It”—and Why We Don’t Have a Good Alternative
Because sometimes pretending is the only thing paying the bills.
laugh
What Am I waiting for?
Delayed due to inner maintenance.
laugh
Live, Laugh, Lie
Why Happiness Isn’t a Choice — And the Truth About High-Functioning Happiness
friendship
Here’s Everything Wrong With Me
Why I felt compelled to disclose my damage before anyone got close.
self care
I Know It’s Not Too Late to Start Living—But Living Doing What?
When the problem isn’t time, but direction.
writer
Loving While Lost
On the men I couldn’t hold, and the guy I was when I tried.
hope
Ode to My Therapist
How losing my guide taught me to captain my own ship.