Six years later, my writing showed me the way.
Pain is inevitable, suffering is (ultimately) a choice.
Originally published by The Narrative Arc, 2024
Blue Heart
My poem, Blue Heart, won third place in a short prose poetry contest.
Published by The Prose Poem, 2024.
Speaking Your Truth in a Relationship Can Be Scary as Hell
Why it’s hard to be ourselves—the cutting edge research on attachment and authenticity.
Originally published by Dancing Elephants Press, 2024
The Love Stories We Cannot Tell
A question to ask at your relationship’s hardest hour.
They say you meet your karma in India.
Originally published by Human Parts, 2024.
Being Perfect is Super Boring
Artwork by Mel Bochner
On letting go of the need to always get it right.
It’s never a good policy to expect ourselves to be one way all the time.
Originally Published in Modern Women, 2024
I Smashed My Precious Wine Glass and I Enjoyed It
Image by GDJ on Pixabay.
I’m about to turn 45 and I want to blow shit up.
I’m touch with many of my desires yet I’m feeling terribly constricted. I am in a soup of unfolding opposites, lost and found. Found, then lost.
Originally Published in Human Parts, April 2024
A Deep Dive Into The Forces That Shape Our Fortune
Everything you need to create (and change) your luck.
I was in the middle of selling my share of a business I had co-founded in New York City and things were starting to get sticky.
Originally published in Illumination Curated. March 2024.
What's More Pleasurable?-Setting Limits or Indulging?
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Coffee, stomach troubles and superhuman powers - a journey through pain, pleasure and deep revelations.
Prompted by a recent bout of hives and stomach indigestion, I decided to try something I experimented with years ago that rocked my world with the power of its simplicity.
Kill Some Carrots in the New Year
On having the audacity to be your imperfect self.
Here’s a Question That May Change the Way You Look at Life Forever
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A simple yet radical perspective on loneliness, life purpose, and living your best life.
“Loneliness isn’t the absence of people, it’s the inability to express what matters to you most.”
This juicy pearl of wisdom came from the heart of Swiss psychoanalyst Carl Jung….
Originally published by Better Humans, 2024
On Love
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It doesn’t have to be such a disaster, you being you and me being me.
“The Needles in the Haystack” and “It Could be a Pink Mermaid Finding Her Legs” can be found here in the Passion Fruit Review.
Originally Published in Passion Fruit Review, Sept 2023
Do You Ever Feel Moody For No Clear Reason? If So, This Piece is For You
Image by Danielle Benvenuto
Being human is a tough job.
Several times a month I get into a spell. A nothing matters, what’s the point, most people aren’t to be trusted, I’m worthless, everything and everyone I love is going to end kind of spell.
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Originally published by Better Humans, 2023.
How Do You Resist the Temptation to Save Someone You Love?
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(A LOVE, SEX & SOUP Q & A): On reframing old patterns to help your relationship grow (while saving yourself).
The temptation to save is rooted in one’s past where most often, at too young of an age, we were put in the situation of having to be a caretaker. Those of us who had parents with addictions, clinical depression or other serious mental health issues or caretakers who simply weren’t able to handle their own traumas or life stressors usually turn into “saviors”.
This Kind of Sex Could Evolve the Human Race
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On the power and pleasure of meaningful connection.
It started right before I left for my three month excursion in Asia.
I’m not a shy one. Generally, I feel comfortable sharing my sexual experiences and asking others about theirs. This is because what I’m not always comfortable with is my sexuality.
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Originally published by Better Humans.
You're Not Lazy
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You’re scared.
Whenever I start anything I feel called to do, I’m met almost instantly with a feeling of indifferenceIt urges me to stall and has a voice which says…
Originally published on Medium.
3 Crucial Things I Learned About Finding Inner Peace While Hiking the Himalayas
Image by Danielle Benvenuto
On the power of nature, movement and connection.
For the past couple of years I’ve been feeling restless. Although working as an artist and writer are anything but grounded occupations especially when it comes to financial stability, I grew tired of feeling like I was always walking on water.
Originally published by Better Humans.
"Listen to Your Heart": What in the World Does That Really Mean?
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3 fun exercises to fine tune your intuition and save you some future suffering.
How many times have you heard that phrase in the course of your lifetime? In mine, countless.
So often in fact, it’s started to lose its meaning and become a rather boring piece of advice.
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Original verison published by Wake Up World.
On Being Clueless
And being yourself.
I’ve been going through old poems putting together, on the way to finalizing a manuscript.
Interview with Post-World Podcast 2021
Here we discuss following your intuition, art and psychotherapy!
This is What David Bowie Taught Me About Sex, Love and Work
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I had a fling with him in my dream last night.
If there’s one thing I’m a true master at in life, it’s dreaming. I have mastered using my dreams to understand my reality and also to create the life I want.
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Published by Illumination Pub, Medium