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.
It starts the same way every time.I’m sitting on the couch, my throne, really perhaps sipping lukewarm coffee or pretending I don’t hear the email pings stacking up. And then it happens: The Barkening. One dog starts. The others join in. It’s a synchronized scream session worthy of […]
Today, I’m offering some life’s little news bites that oddly feel like therapy prompts. Summer’s here, the city’s sweaty, and even the news feels like it’s melting into metaphors. This week, while sipping my ever hot coffee (since I stubbornly don’t do iced coffee) and contemplating whether I’m […]
Some days, you’re the dog wagging your tail, just vibing in the sun. Other days, you hear the barking. Oh, the barking. It’s constant. It’s performative. It’s echoing in the hallway, bouncing off cubicle walls, seeping through email threads and Slack messages. > “We should totally revamp this […]
This morning, I locked eyes with my dog mid-coffee sip, and I swear he tilted his head and judged me. Not in a cute “aw you’re my human” way. No. It was more of a “hmm…interesting choices you’re making for yourself lately” kind of tilt. And I’ll be […]
Here’s my Tuesday truth: my brain is soup. Not a bisque. Not even a nice gazpacho. Actually, I don’t like gazpacho. But that’s besides the point. Back to the point at hand. My brain on soup. Just lukewarm, slightly over-salted cognitive broth simmering under this June sun. It’s […]
It’s Monday. Again.But this one feels… oddly quiet. Suspiciously still. The kind of quiet where you wonder if you missed a memo. A mass text. A cosmic “Out of Office” notification. This past week, I’ve noticed something. Or rather, I’ve not noticed something.People. Where are they? The commuter […]
It’s Sunday afternoon and the world is… spinning. Or maybe it’s just the ceiling fan. Spinning slow, like it knows something I don’t. Each blade slicing the air with lazy indifference, casting shadowy little flickers on the wall like a low-budget film noir. It feels like I’m in […]
We’re living in the era of boundaries. Personal boundaries. Professional boundaries. Emotional, digital, energetic, gluten-free boundaries. Everywhere I turn, someone is gently (or not so gently) reminding me to “set healthy boundaries.” Boundaries are the new kale. Essential. Good for you. Sometimes hard to swallow. Actually, I severely […]
I did something wild recently. I treated myself (and dragged along the family) into a blazing pit of danger, peril, and foam blocks. Yes, I played The Floor is Lava. Now, let me confess something upfront: I have the coordination of a distracted toddler trying to walk on […]
There are days when your brain decides to clock out before your body does. Today was one of those days. I was exhausted. So bone-tired that I couldn’t tell the difference between highbrow, lowbrow, and absolutely no-brow TV. Enter: Trainwreck: The Poop Cruise. Yes. That is what I […]
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