I’m all peace, love and happiness until it’s time to put a boot up somebody’s ass. I want everything to be worked out through peaceful means with courtesy and kindness. …
I Don’t Need Easy
“I don’t need easy. I just need possible.” I have a shirt that says that on the back: a tank given to me by my friend Stacy, who left us …
Shut Out the Noise
They wouldn’t stop talking. Two young women chatting on the weightlifting platform next to me. Someone was sad. Someone had broken up. Someone had issues with her co-workers. It wasn’t …
Self + Worth: It’s Not Always That Easy
Oh, we love to measure ourselves. Against other people we know. Against us. Against people we’ve never met and never will meet. That’s kind of whacked but it’s what we …
What Is Your Obligation?
Obligation. This word itches at my ears lately. What is my obligation to society in all these shared public media spaces we now inhabit? And what is my obligation to …
Opportunity Isn’t Just Knocking
Are you complaining that the world is full of stupidity and mediocrity? Crappy writing Crappy movies Crappy gyms Crappy politicians Crap crap crap. Stop. Look at the gifts sitting right …
Fear Hurts More If You Let It Win
You can put love into the world – into what you do, what you say, what you carry in your heart and imbue all your actions with – or you …
Take Your Sorrow Outdoors and Watch It Change
My number one piece of advice to anyone riding the rapids of sorrow is always the same. I borrow it from “Step Into Nature” by Patrice Vecchione: Take your sorrow …
Nothing Prepares You
Nothing prepares you for death, not really. No book no words no people no tests no support group. You aren’t fully prepared by the living or the dying, and certainly …
Box. Smash.
Oh sweet Jesus, I’m tired of the boxes they try to put me in. And the boxes I try to put me in. Athlete Intellectual Mother Veteran Woman Writer Boxboxboxboxboxfuckingbox. …