Giving Voice

If you pay attention to the news, you may have noticed an interesting clash taking place this month. A new Gallup poll indicated that...

I’ve long harbored a simmering disdain for the toxic effects that cultural norms and expectations instill in each of us. I can find many...

Every year when I turn the calendar page to February (yes, I still keep a paper calendar), a simmering anger takes hold in my gut when I...

I often find myself observing others and realizing that their lived experiences are likely very different from mine. There are so many...

I haven’t been active on this blog in quite some time, but I have a good reason. I’ve been away building a creative life for myself. The...

If you’re like me and often find yourself getting swept away by emotions long after you’ve first noticed them in your body, then you may...

I’ve been thinking a lot about conditional belonging lately and what it costs us when we are told that we have to deny our true selves to...

There’s much to fear in our lives these days, a raging virus, unfettered climate change, gun violence, and insurrection to name a few. I...

I often find myself inspired to write about my personal experiences with the hope that they may resonate with someone else, yet at the...

When I first moved from the city to the suburbs, I noticed an odd calm wash over me. I felt my muscles unclench like my body was exhaling...

I’ve lived with a shame story for most of my life. This particular story took form in my childhood and its roots grew deep and strong as...

Like many people in this country, I am breathing a big sigh of relief that much of the chaos, cruelty and gaslighting that’s consumed our...

I’m still here. I listened to what my body and spirit were telling me and took some time away from life as I was living it to turn...

There are many points during a given day that I feel I’m going to tear down the walls of my house with my bare hands and once I see...

Sometime around the beginning of June, I felt a deep fog take root and envelope me. I began to feel like I was suffocating. Nothing felt...

As the pandemic continues and days filled with sameness turn into months, I’ve become increasingly aware that it’s difficult for me to be...

It’s been awhile since I’ve posted here; I simply haven’t had anything to say. There’s so much going on in the world, so many voices...

I woke up this morning to see the news of my old neighborhood in Minneapolis burning in protest at the senseless and violent death of...

Over the past few weeks of this pandemic, I’ve watched people protest in support of reopening society. There have been photos of people...

I fell in love with traveling when I left home for the first time on my eighth grade class trip to Washington DC. I was immediately...