To all my Ex-Lovers, Thank you

I was a difficult person to love.

Stop Telling People It’s Going to be Okay

The Importance of Just Listening

Letter #29: Are you scared to show your real self?

We are all hiding a part of ourselves we dare not…

Artists are people driven by the tension between the desire to communicate and the desire to hide — #53

Letter #27: Here’s something positive to lift you if you can’t reach your goals

Doing Positivity Right

What about Love?

As I get older, it becomes more and more apparent to me that being together with someone, involves so much more than just being…

Letter #30: The Family Video Guy: how Shay Carl turned dorky videos of his kids into a media empire

Thoughts While Commuting

Since I live in one corner of the city and my university is in the other, My daily commute is an hour long…

My advice to Germans before I inadvertently turn into one

I came here 11+ years ago as a naive American. I knew about the reputation of Germans being closed and hard to get to know. But I didn’t think it would affect me. “I will just be the friendly American and win everybody over” I…

Letter #28: 10,000 subscribers! Thank you!

It’s been just over six months since I’ve started 100 Naked Words. I’ve been writing…