Every day, we potentially give away our power in big or small ways. Maybe it’s letting someone make a joke for the nth time and we decide it’s better to just seethe in silence rather than make things awkward, so we don’t express how we don’t appreciate the humor. Maybe…

Change the environment, change the people, but don’t change yourself backwards — When we come into hurt, our natural tendencies are to withdraw and protect. The problem with that is when the threat is gone, the psychological scars remain, and the imprint of that becomes our next blueprint. A friend is going through something pretty tough now and he’s hurt that he…

The light whistle of the wind, the movement of the curtains. Far off in the distance, sounds of the night train fills my ears. And that is what happiness means to me. I. When I was young, my parents, brother, and I always lived in rented places. Back then, though, I…

Possibility — when our mind makes the connection between opportunities and our ability to carry it out How wonderful, exciting, and fresh that must feel. When our hearts are so open and welcoming to changes that we can taste it. I can’t tell you it will always be sweet; for…

A few months ago, I got involved with someone I met in a group event setting. It seemed like we were a great match: we were around the same age, went through divorce at around the same time, happened to be the same race, and even went to the same…

I’ve been thinking about this lately, thanks to Felishia La-Shae’s piece. Who am I now, versus who was I before? Life’s twists and turns shape us as much as we allow them to. A decade passes by and we look back and more often than not, regret sets in. The…

Depending on what is going on in our lives, time seems to move fast and slow. When we are focused and in deep work, it escapes us. Conversely, when we are aware we are in a dreadful situation, time moves oh-so slow. When we look back at our lives, it…

A couple months ago, I started a Meetup group. It was partially out of being isolated so long from Covid, and partially from a series of events that triggered me and threw me into a short downward spiral. As I pondered how to get myself out of this funk —…