One of the central teachings I received from nearly all my spiritual studies is this: I should not want what I want. I sat at the feet of yoga teachers and Eastern philosophers who told me over and over again that desires are traps of the mind. Wise ones, I was told,...
None of us asked for this. None of us want this. None of us knows how to stop what’s happening from happening again. Yet, even though you might feel powerless, I assure you that you still have the capacity to shift back to center and stop letting the madness of the...
When I was 13, I had a regular babysitting gig at a house where the mom subscribed to all the women’s magazines. Lemme tell you, I learned so much after I put the kid to bed about what it meant to be a woman. Behind the makeup tips, hairstyle advice, and fashion...
When it is real, it will crush you. But in the way that grapes are crushed for wine. It will rip off your eyelids. But in the way that allows you to see more daylight. It will smash its waves endlessly against you. But in the way that roots you into the courage to...
I once loved a man in whose potential I believed deeply. Our bond was built on a shared desire to live free from shame, a promise I made to myself when I was 20 and echoed by him years later when we met. Though he and I lived toward the same end – the goal of giving...
I am writing this where I have been doing most of my writing for the past month – in a small hotel room with bad lighting and an open suitcase. Currently the setting is Rome, a place I swore I would never return. It was an ugly city that first time, in my eyes it was...
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