Do you want to know what it’s like in one of the most important cities in the world where it’s helpful against being blanketed by climate change smoke from 400 forest fires burning simultaneously in Canada? Sounds like a movie, right? My husband took the above picture on a beautiful…

Jordan Neely’s subway murder was stand your ground but without guns — My 23-year-old son has autism, an intellectual disability, OCD, and a seizure-like condition. This means sometimes he yells at people. He also can get “aggressive,” which includes poking, hitting, and biting. As a child, it was easier for him to navigate the world because autism is so prevalent, generally, people…

Despite it being a leading cause of death for children.

The cognitive burden for BIPOC spans from microaggressions to getting shot for ringing a doorbell. The first rule of safety for women is to never get into a strange man’s car. …

Last night was the last moon of winter/first moon of spring that has special significance for shamans and others. This “worm moon” is supposed to be particularly powerful for manifesting. Beyond the woo-woo new agey-ness of manifestation, did you know that genius author Octavia Butler used manifestation techniques way back…

One of the biggest writer conferences, AWP is coming up this week. I can’t make it this year (it started out as an academic conference but in recent years has opened to all writers), which is disappointing because there are so many people I wanted to see especially after the…

Influencer Culture CAN Lead you to great products — when sincere! I took part in this Zappos influencer pilot program where I just had to talk about shoes I liked. I am not a big shoe person and in fact wear my Blundstone boots for basically everything — teaching hiking…

“Ideating” is just a fancy corporate-speak for….manifestation! I recently had a session with a fancy corporate career coach because it was paid for by my employer. …

This influencer has almost a million dollars in sponsorships and endorsements. Her secret? SHE’S NOT REAL In December Zappos asked me if I wanted to be part of theirpilot influencer program that would last a month. Then I got super busy and wasn’t able to do anything except set up…