I love to travel, try new foods, ingest caffeine, and watch political news coverage. A psychologist by training trying to bring a little common sense to it all.
We tend to treat intelligence like it’s a fixed asset. Something you either have, like good hair or a tolerance for small talk, or you don’t. But I’ve been thinking. What if intelligence isn’t a possession? What if it’s a posture? What if intelligence is simply curiosity in […]
I have a confession. I don’t sort things. Not my socks. Not my cutlery. Not even my laundry. Somewhere, a Type A personality just clutched their label maker. Let me explain. My sock drawer is a lawless land. A democratic free-for-all. Patterns mingle with solids. Athletic socks cozy […]
Every night, like a moth to a glowing, judgmental flame, I crawl into bed and open my phone. “I’ll just scroll for a few minutes,” I tell myself, a woman who has never in her life scrolled for “a few minutes.” Forty-seven TikToks later, I am somehow watching […]
I saw a quote the other day while doing what all of us do when we are absolutely not looking for existential reflection but are scrolling. It said something like: If everyone in the world wrote down their problems and threw them into a hat, would you reach […]
There are movies you watch as a kid and think, “Cool.” And then there are movies you revisit as an adult and think, “…wait a minute, is this a cautionary tale about my job?” Enter RoboCop. At first glance, it’s peak 80s dystopian sci-fi. It’s a crime-ridden Detroit, […]
I was minding my business. Thriving, even. Or at the very least, moderately hydrated and answering emails with appropriate punctuation. And then LinkedIn, ever the unexpected philosopher, offered me this gem. “Appreciate those who gossip about you. It’s not easy for someone to set aside their own problems […]
There are crimes of passion. Crimes of greed. Crimes of opportunity. And then there are crimes of meatball. I recently stumbled upon a story that made me pause, squint, and ask the age-old psychological question: Is it really a crime if everyone is full and mildly delighted afterward? […]
There is a very specific, deeply spiritual moment in life that no one prepares you for. Not childbirth.Not falling in love.Not even finding a parking spot directly in front of your destination in Manhattan (which, frankly, deserves its own religion). I’m talking about that moment. The one where […]
I went out for a drink. Just a drink.Not a psychological summit on love, denial, and why some women bail out men who have *lliterally confessed to murder. And yet. Somewhere between the second sip and the bartender’s raised eyebrow, I found my people. A cluster of women […]
I recently came across a proverb that felt less like gentle wisdom and more like a personal boundary with excellent branding: “The person who says it cannot be done should not interrupt the person doing it.” Excuse me while I embroider this onto everything I own. My whiteboard.My […]
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