What skills or lessons have you learned recently? There are certain phrases that take up permanent residence in the brain. They don’t pay rent. They don’t announce themselves. They just move in and rearrange the furniture. Case in point: “EXTERMINATE!” Yes. That one. The Dalek battle cry from […]
Technically, we are still in fall. Technically. The calendar insists on it. The winter solstice isn’t until this coming weekend. And yet, there is snow on the ground, ice clinging to sidewalks, the temperature is hovering below 30 degrees, and the world feels like it has quietly leaned […]
Do you have a favorite place you have visited? Where is it? People love to ask about travel. Where have you been? What’s your favorite city? What country changed you? This is usually followed by a mental highlight reel of airports, shoes kicked off, and that one time […]
Way before the sun rose,I looked out beyond the treesand the gray mist, soft and merciless,wrapped around everything.A quiet reminder that some absencesnever really leave,they just learn to settle in the cornersof our breath. I didn’t realize how much it would hurt.How much I would missthe feelings that […]
What is something others do that sparks your admiration? I’ll admit something mildly scandalous (in the psychological sense, not the TMZ sense). I am deeply, profoundly envious of people who are oblivious. Yes, the blissfully unbothered, the cheerfully unaware, the folks who stroll through life as if chaos […]
Do you ever see wild animals? Some days the universe sends you profound wisdom. Other days it sends you a photo of a gorilla mid–high kick, and honestly? Same level of healing. I recently came across an image that stopped me mid-scroll (a rare feat these days). A […]
What positive events have taken place in your life over the past year? This past year wasn’t exactly sprinkled with fairy dust or wrapped in a giant red bow. It was more like one of those surprise grab bags where you reach in hoping for chocolate and instead […]
Some days I wake up, skim a few “news” articles (and I’m using the term as loosely) and I’m greeted with a new trend. Apparently, women are ditching their pants. Lauren Sánchez. Sabrina Carpenter. Miley Cyrus. Wait. She ever wore pants? A whole parade of famous folks are […]
This morning I realized something unsettling. My shadow knows all my secret secrets. Every. Single. One. It trails me like an unpaid intern with questionable boundaries, hovering over me on sidewalks and office walls, soaking up all the light and leaving me blinking like, “Really? You couldn’t share […]
What’s the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make? Why? I’ve learned something about myself over the years. For all my spontaneity, sass, and willingness to leap before looking, the hardest decisions I’ve ever made all come down to one thing: Leaving. Not staying.Not choosing.But leaving. Every major […]
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