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.
There’s a very specific phrase that should come with a psychological warning label. “Can we meet? It’ll only take a few seconds.” A few seconds. I would like to meet the alternate universe where this is true. I imagine it’s a magical place where meetings start on time, […]
There are moments in life when theory meets reality in a way that makes you pause and think, well, that escalated quickly. Case in point. An absolutely surreal (and deeply tragic) news story out of Argentina, where a woman taking a flying lesson suddenly found herself alone midair […]
Somewhere between scanning QR codes and letting algorithms pick our personalities, something else quietly shifted. Our relationships started to feel lighter. Faster. More replaceable. Enter the overlap I can’t stop thinking about the “5-Year Stranger Theory” (which I write about yesterday) meets the digital leash. Because yes, relationships […]
There’s a theory floating around the internet lately that’s called the “5-Year Stranger Theory” which basically suggests that a large portion of the people in your life right now won’t be in it five years from now. I wrote about this ladt week. And it’s still on my […]
We love choices. We say we want options. More flavors, more shows, more ways to customize our coffee and our lives until everything feels uniquely ours. And yet something feels off. Because the choices don’t feel as expansive as they used to. They feel curated. Narrowed. Pre-decided in […]
Yesterday, I complained (eloquently, I think) about needing an app to breathe in public. But let’s go deeper because it’s not just that we’re tethered to our phones. It’s that the phone is quietly making decisions for us. What we buy. What we watch. What we read. Even […]
There was a time—not ancient history, just pre-everything-needs-a-passwordwhen you could simply exist in public without downloading something first. I remember writing about this years ago after watching a Sesame Street skit that cheerfully predicted a world of apps for everything. It felt cute. Playful. Slightly absurd. Well. Joke’s […]
Apparently, there’s a “five-year stranger” theory floating around the social media. There’s the idea that most of the people in your life right now will be strangers in five years. Cheery, right? At first glance, it feels a little dramatic. A little doomsday for your contact list. But […]
Zucchini has a PR problem. It’s out here minding its business, and somehow it’s been labeled the “lightweight” of the vegetable world. Flavorless. Boring. The filler episode of produce. The disrespect. Because zucchini, when treated right, is quietly brilliant. It’s refreshing. It’s crisp with just the right bite […]
We’ve been sold a very polished lie. That life is something you prepare for. Save now. Work harder. Wait your turn. Delay gratification like it’s a moral virtue and not a slow leak of joy. As if pleasure is a reward you earn later, after you’ve checked every […]
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