I came across a meme recently with an image of a half-full carafe of coffee that said, "Your worth is not measured by your productivity," wrapped around the brim and inside the coffee. During the early part of the pandemic, I found myself grasping at straws to find ways to prove to myself that yes…
The Flute Player and How He Grieved
Grief feels rather slippery when we try to grab and fix it. Elusive, changeable as a chameleon, and coming and going in its own rhythms, it's like the tides of an ocean. Thomas Golden in his book, Swallowed by A Snake, delivers a beautiful story that "going into grief may at times be like being…
I’m Not an Island! Paul Simon Was Wrong
When I think back on my trajectory of struggles and peaks, beginning at age 16, it resembles a stock market graph, spanned over decades. Up, down, up, down, down, down, up. Taken from a more expansive viewpoint, it's always gaining and growing. Recently speaking with a woman who's also in her thirties, we agreed that…
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