Not everything is black and white as it may initially seem. — Romantic relationships tell you a lot about yourself. Your attachment style. Your love language. Your needs and desires. Your habits and coping styles. In other words, a romantic relationship puts you on a pedestal. And if you pay close enough attention, you’ll come to learn that not everything is black…

And why this time is different. — I panicked but instead of pushing away, I unconsciously detached “physical me” from “emotional me” and “spiritual me”. Internally I was screaming RUN, but externally my body would not listen. It had other plans. Other needs, perhaps? Regardless, the connection had been severed. I felt shame, weak, and vulnerable. And…

My father’s accidental act of rebellion — This story from my father taught me that sometimes, mistakes can be powerful statements in disguise. My father strongly disagrees with my opinion that this story is a revolutionary story, but he still gave me permission to write about it. …

Saturday, February 13th will be my sixtieth birthday. This will be the first decade of my life I enter, free of mental illness. I feel as though I should be walking through some kind of massive gate, an entrance to an emotionally healthy decade. Initially diagnosed over the course of…

I feel as though I’m being asked to choose between something as basic as breathing and my hard-won emotional health. And these days, as the pandemic comes up on a year, I’m renewing my fight for my emotional health on a daily basis. I was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma in…

Another life lesson learned in the world of rideshare — I was working in Los Angeles and it had already been a long night. I had a pick-up from a concert at The Wiltern on Wilshire and it was about 11 P.M. …

Uber revelations on the interconnectedness of us all — The six degrees It’s a great movie, a wonderful party game, and a fascinating concept — the idea that we are all connected in some way by just six levels, six steppingstones of people in our associations and familial relations. …

I broke every rule in every parenting book — It was 11:30 a.m. My three-year-old daughter was losing her mind. In the background, a group of nuns stared at us. I’m quite sure that at least one of them was feeling smug about her decision to remain chaste. We were at The Grotto, a Catholic church nestled in the…