Dear readers, How are you doing? It is summer again. The US is opening back up. I am fully vaccinated and able to see friends. There is a lot to be grateful for. I have not been writing much for the last two months. I have been focusing on being a semi-functioning human. Drink water.… Read More: How’s Life? – June 2021 »
Dear Young girls, I have the responsibility to tell you a few things that I wish I knew when I was your age. Alas, I might not have listened to such unwelcoming truth when I was your age. But I have faith some of you are wiser and smarter than I was. Life will rarely… Read More: To Young Girls »
Dear readers, What has shifted in your world? Feeling hopeful, anxious, terrified and ambivalent? I have not been well enough to write. Or perhaps I wasn’t writing much so I wasn’t well. I had too much to say. Too many entangled emotions to pour out. I am slowly processing them. I am sure you can… Read More: How’s Life? – April 2021 »
I have a piece of writing about progress. I can’t get it together. The words fumble. They sound like dressed up suits forcing out poetry – Only farts. Write, rewrite, on and on. The thread of the piece is one out-of-control Animal. A leg here, an ear there, a monster looking thing. And the heart… Read More: Progress »
Dear readers, How was your February? Did you learn something new? How’s your mental and physical state? I learned about brain health. According to scientists from Stanford (https://hubermanlab.com/), waking up and bathing in sunlight in the morning regulate your internal clock, which in turn helps you to sleep and rest better. With high quality rest,… Read More: How’s life? – February 2021 »
My company recently laid off 150+ employees. It is business. Nothing personal. Cheaper labor and lower taxes overseas. My head gets how capitalism works. My heart hurts. I am hurting. Fear and anxiety are flooding over my nervous system. I am retreating from life. My brain attacks my reactive coping mechanism by telling me I… Read More: Fear & Anxiety – It is okay, we all live… »
Dear readers, How’s your 2021? I feel like Christmas was a century ago while January flew by. My perception of time and reality have been out of whack. I feel confused and disoriented. A financial expert from an important company that manages extra important people’s money said: “If you don’t feel confused, you don’t know… Read More: How’s life? – January 2021 »