Jul 28, 2020Ayurveda and Rheumatoid ArthritisI’m not an objective storyteller. None of us is, honestly. As a teenager, I had moderate-to-severe Rheumatoid Arthritis. I had all kinds of support and braces on the outside of my body and drugs on the inside, and at the age of nineteen I walked with a cane. The RA…Rheumatoid Arthritis6 min read
Apr 20, 2020Member-onlyParents: Give up your Goals.Nine years ago, I was introduced to the concept of a Birth Plan. Aside from planning to give birth, the term is an oxymoron at best. …Parenting4 min read
Published in The Startup·Apr 14, 2020Member-onlyScreens are not going to melt your kids’ brainsThis hippie mama is not going to fight with her child over tech Like many Gen Xers, I was raised by Woody Woodpecker. I spent hours every day learning how to evade authority with wooden mallets, blatant lies, and hiding in holes. Captain Stubing from Love Boat was my father-figure…Parenting3 min read
Mar 18, 2020Member-onlyWhat to Eat When You’re Freaking OutAyurveda offers simple ways to calm your mind through your diet We‘ve entered the moment when planners and non-planners alike are equally freaking out. And yet, somehow, we still have to meal prep. Because an amazing amount of adulting includes deciding what to eat every day. …Ayurveda5 min read
Mar 18, 2020Member-onlyWhat is Ayurveda?The 5000-year-old mind-body science, simplified. Ayurveda (aye-yoor-VAY-deh) is a 5000-year-old natural medicine, teaching us how to live in harmony with our own nature (microcosm) and the world around us (macrocosm). Ayurveda provides a map of how your daily choices, your intellect, spirituality, and biology work together to create your current…Ayurveda6 min read
Published in Human Parts·Feb 27, 2020Member-onlyHow I Learned My Mom Was Afraid to Touch MeOvercoming the isolation of chronic pain — We were in the church basement. I’m certain it was adequately lit, but my memory has downgraded it to a scene from The Blair Witch Project, with dark gray cement walls and cryptic etchings on the walls. We were attending a workshop called “Hands-On Healing,” which was totally outside my…Relationships4 min read
Published in P.S. I Love You·Jan 8, 2020Member-onlyWhy My $80 Robe Was Worth Every PennyHow my post-breakup purchases showed me what I really wanted in the relationship — How does one justify spending money on a flimsy piece of fabric that no one is going to see? I couldn’t, so that coveted little robe flopped in and out of my digital shopping cart and haunted my sidebars for at least 18 months. I was well into the second…Relationships4 min read
Dec 4, 2019Member-onlyHow Spirituality Ruined My Social LifeTwelve years ago, I had just returned from a four month solo journey in India. I received physically and emotionally intense Ayurveda treatments for forty days. …Spirituality4 min read
Nov 25, 2019Member-onlyHow To Eat Just One CookieThe time of overconsumption is upon us. It was a perfectly glazed fruit tart perched on the corner of the buffet table. You know the kind: impossibly shiny peach slices teasingly fanned out and dotted with undeniably out-of-season blueberries. My eyeballs tried to grow taste buds. …Mindfulness4 min read
Oct 17, 2019Member-onlyAffecting Your Mind Through Your SkinI’m incredibly practical; I contain generations of mathematician DNA. I practice Ayurvedic medicine as both a deeply poetic and infinitely logical science. I don’t prescribe self-massage as a practice of self-love or meditation, even though it could be. …Beauty4 min read
