What My Broken Face ID Taught Me About Being More Present
“Every moment, every challenge, every inner reaction is here to show you exactly what you need to let go of in order to be free.” ~Michael A. Singer The other…
The Wholeness I Found When I Lost Someone I Love
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” ~Rumi The room didn’t change when she left. The chair was where it had always been, angled toward the window…
The Pressure to Excel: When Success Feels Like Survival
“To tie your worth to achievements is a recipe for suffering.” ~Brad Bizjack Children don’t just learn mathematics, science, and languages in school. They also learn what success feels like,…
How “Missing the Boat” Led Me Somewhere Better
A few months ago, I found myself wondering whether I had made a mistake. It is not a question I expected to be asking in my seventies. Like many people…
When Your Imagination Turns Every Problem into a Crisis
“You can’t depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.” ~Mark Twain It started with a clogged kitchen drain. Or maybe the drain was where everything else…
Same Café, New Me: How I Found Freedom Without Changing My Life
“Trauma creates change you don’t choose. Healing is about creating change you do choose.” ~Michelle Rosenthal” Today I am sitting in my favorite café in Venice Mall. I got my…
Chiang Mai, Thailand: A Digital Nomad Guide
Chiang Mai is well-known amongst the digital nomad community for its cheap living and fast internet connections. We’d been backpacking Thailand and Southeast Asia for a while and were in…
Orlando Staycation Guide: for Florida & Georgia Residents
Millions of people fly halfway across the world to stand in line at Magic Kingdom, ride a roller coaster, eat an overpriced burger, and go home with a sunburn and…
How a Chronic Illness Changed My Life for the Better
“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” ~Viktor Frankl I smiled when the doctor told me I had a disease I…
Why It’s So Hard to Just Rest and Why We Need to Do It
“If you don’t give your mind and body a break, you’ll break. Stop pushing yourself through pain and exhaustion and take care of your needs.” ~Lori Deschene In November of…