Have you noticed the onslaught of pumpkin flavored items? Do you feel that amazing, crisp bite in the air that signals that fall is nearly here? I seriously wish I felt that crisp bite; though it’s scheduled to be nearly 100 degrees here in Los Angeles as I publish this, I’m still determined to feel […]
Are You Who You Want to Be? Three Steps for Getting There
Who’s Living in Your Closet?
I’m sure you’ve heard the idea that it takes less than thirty seconds to form a first impression of a person, including assumptions about their career, education level, personality, sophistication and trustworthiness. That’s a lot to gather in thirty seconds, and often, we’re completely wrong. That does not stop us from making them, though, nor […]
I Know the Truth About You
A few years ago I fell in love with an incredible man who did not love me. While a painful experience, it was also one of the very best gifts I’ve ever received. It came with clear sight – at least when it came to him – and there’s few things that have changed me […]
A Near Death Experience and the Westboro Baptist Church
Anita Moorjani was in stage 4B of her cancer when she was rushed to the hospital, suffering from full-on organ failure. It was then that she had her near-death experience (NDE), which would change her life forever, and which, of course, is the subject of her book, Dying to Be Me: My Journey from Cancer, […]
Want to Read My Love Letters?
I don’t know about you, but if I plan to be with someone 24/7 until the moment of my death, I’d strongly prefer to at least like them. I’m talking about our bodies here – the only relationship guaranteed to be lifelong. Since I can remember, I’ve had a tumultuous relationship with my body, alternately […]
The Office/The Odyssey: You Decide
Long ago, in my first round of “I must escape corporate hell,” I took a job as a receptionist – at that time my dream “easy” job. We all have these – jobs that we imagine to be so much easier than our own current employment. Some of my former coworkers, for example, dreamed of […]
Fat? Broke? Purposeless? Alone? It’s Party Time!
Are you happy with where you’re at in life? If not, have you ever been happy with where you’re at in life? I don’t know about you, but I often find that I’m looking for the next thing and then I’ll be happy, then I’ll celebrate. Sometime in the last year I realized that things […]
Selves of Future Past
Recently I (finally) saw the latest X-Men movie. I won’t spoil it for you if you haven’t seen it yet, but think I can safely tell you this small part – the movie is partially set in a time when Charles Xavier is in the middle of a personal crisis. He doubts he has what […]
Decoding Body Shame
I recently watched a Kickstarter video for a documentary called Embrace, which intends to unite women across the world to love their bodies. I thought it was great, and I encourage you to check it out here. (They are fully funded, and this is not a pitch to get you to donate.) What struck me […]
Singing of Freedom
Legendary American poet Maya Angelou passed away this week at the age of eighty-six. In honor of her life’s work, today we’ll be looking an excerpt from one of her most famous poems, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings: But a caged bird stands on the grave of dreams his shadow shouts on a […]