How We See Ourselves: On Identity, Labels, and Privilege

Jan 7, 2016 | Big Life Questions, Life

Do you know the story about when a man is asked to look in a mirror? He’s asked what he sees. He says “myself” (usually he says his name, “I see John,” etc). A woman looks in the mirror and says, “I see a woman.” A black...

The Necessity of Darkness

Jan 6, 2016 | Health and Wellness

I popped out of bed this morning and thought to myself, boy, it’s really dark outside. Usually I pull the curtains back and there’s at least a tiny bit of light. I’m an early riser, and naturally wake up around 6AM, give or take when I get to sleep. This morning at...

Little Quips on This Not-So-Little Pregnancy

Jan 5, 2016 | Motherhood

This is post #5 in my month-long writing challenge. Join me here. I find pregnancy to be quite weird. My body has taken over. It’s running a long-embedded script I didn’t know I had inside of me. I’ve taken to writing short bits on twitter under the hashtag...

3 Writing Tools To Draft, Edit, and Publish Your Work

Jan 4, 2016 | Life, Writing Practice

It Doesn’t Matter How You Do It I should title this post “how to write every day” or “what tools I use to write every day” because the questions I get over and over again from so many different people are variations of the same questions:...

Start Writing: A New Free Mini-Course

Jan 3, 2016 | Writing Practice

This month, in the spirit of writing and getting our butts back into our chairs and writing more, I made a free mini writing course for anyone to join.I’ve made a number of free mini-courses before, and I always love making them. In order to participate, sign up...