It's really strange the journey from the darkness to the light. It isn't as though you simply wake up one morning to the sun shining on all the areas of your life and you feel happy and integrated and completely joyful. At least I haven't. But there is this gradual...

Please bear with me, I'm not sure how this will unfold, but it is something I've been pondering and stewing on for weeks. It started with The Double Rainbow guy. Who actually passed away this year. SUPER sad. Now I will confess I was on the side of those who...

How do you put back together the pieces of a broken life? It’s been such a weird few years. So much has changed, and so much hasn’t. When I have a few moments to quietly reflect on the journey behind it’s a wonder sometimes that I’ve survived at all. I...

No, not the Miley Cyrus one. Mine. I can't pinpoint the exact moment I had this hairbrained idea to go solo on a backpacking adventure into the mountains, but it was like most things in life, a culmination of small choices that led me to standing, (barely) very winded, on...

“Joy to the World!""Rejoice!" "Let your hearts be light!""It's the most wonderful time of the year!" All these are lyrics to some of my favorite Christmas songs…but this year, they just aren't having the same impact on me. Christmas truly is my all-time favorite season, I love everything about it. The...

It has become en vogue to cut people out of our lifes. To sever relationships that once were important to us, or that we held dear. We label these people toxic, negative, whatever adjective it is that assuages our conscience and allows us to feel justified in doing so. I'd...