Nov 15Member-onlyBlack Sheep: Pivoting Away from ChurchAnd towards God Seventh-grade. An awkward time for a kid who didn’t know she was wired to be weird. And who was also riddled with guilt and even suicidal at times. Evening church service. I sit in the pew and stretch my feet out in front of me. It was…Leaving Church4 min readLeaving Church4 min read
Nov 9Member-onlyWhat You Need to Know to Make it Through this TimeThe End of an Era My son called me last week to tell me about Matthew Perry. He was shook, because “Friends” is what he and his girlfriend watch as comfort viewing, the way some people used to rewatch “The Office”. One comment stood out in the coverage. The commenter…Timing6 min readTiming6 min read
Oct 18Member-onlyTired and Terrified?Get in, losers! We’re taking it all back. You’re not sleeping well. You haven’t slept well since at least 2016. You see the online wars raging. You see the families divided. You see the climate changing, the water evaporating, the animals dying. You see people becoming homeless and living in…Poverty3 min readPoverty3 min read
Oct 10Member-onlyHow to be the Richest Person AliveAnd die happy. Everything you want can be reduced to a feeling. Don’t believe me? Here are some examples: Perfume? Feeling attractive and in a positive sensory state. Food? Feeling nourished and happy and safe; or possibly feeling healthier or comforted or satiated. Also, staying alive. Exercise? Dopamine, self-satisfaction, public…Richest4 min readRichest4 min read
Oct 9Member-onlyIs Marketing Just Fancy Lying?Maybe that’s why I suck at it. I worked with my first coach, a career coach, during my divorce. After doing Venn diagrams, various personality tests, skills and career aptitudes, etc., I decided that I wanted to be a life coach. It wasn’t a stretch. I had already been doing it for years. I was excited. I…Marketing5 min readMarketing5 min read
Oct 7Blinded by the (LED) LightBlinded by the (LED) Light I’m enraged by this quiet danger on the road IYKYK Do I even need to say it? If you have ever tried to make it safely home at night in your car, only to have nuclear fission burn your eyeballs with the fury of a…Culture1 min readCulture1 min read
Oct 6Member-onlyYell “Plot Twist” and Move OnWhen life keeps switching up on you “I feel like I’m in a tiny box,” I said to my friends. “I’m going crazy in this white cul-de-sac neighborhood. I don’t fit in with these yoga moms. But there’s no way out.” I reached out to a religious consultant who told…Life After Divorce5 min readLife After Divorce5 min read
Oct 5Member-onlyI Am My Own DogMy dream dog appeared on Craigslist as a rescue. The photos were…not great. I had been looking at websites for quite a long time, hoping to find a unicorn. And here she was. She looked sad and derpy, but I could see the outlines of the kind of dog I…Self Love3 min readSelf Love3 min read
Oct 4Member-onlyI’m Ready to Talk about my Father. Probably.He died in January this year, his birthday month. I had just started a new job and wanted to make a good impression, so I took only one day off in addition to the weekend, driving straight from work to the airport, and leaving the cold cemetery to go straight…Death Of A Parent4 min readDeath Of A Parent4 min read
Jul 19Member-onlyRed Flag Anxiety Days, and How to Cope without CombustingI moved to Portland last month, suddenly, as I mentioned here. Had to get out of Florida, don’t regret it. I already had been dealing with those big stressful life events as listed on the SRRS scale for a number of years. I haven’t added them up, because I’m too…Anxiety Relief4 min readAnxiety Relief4 min read
