“Do you want to go skydiving with us this weekend?” my partner asked on a Thursday morning. It had been a long week, and I was feeling emotionally tender, so my initial response was one of contraction, an inner “no” that made itself known in a sudden urge to curl up...
Even though the chilly temperatures might have you thinking otherwise in the Philly area, the seasons are turning and Spring is making itself known with flowering trees, bright daffodils and sunsets that don’t happen until after 7pm. In many cultures, Spring is a time...
If one more person tells you to “just stop overthinking things” and “calm down,” you might lose it (although, to be fair, “losing it” tends to be more of an internal temper tantrum for you). It’s not that you don’t want to feel calm and stop overanalyzing everything....
I genuinely believe that we are all creative - or in other words, that we all have the potential to dream, imagine, play and make something new and uniquely ours. Tapping into our creativity connects us with our shared humanity. It gets us out of our analytical...
Dating kinda sucks. It can feel like an unfair gamble, an exhausting and excruciating hamster wheel of swiping, crushed hopes and a tug of war between the desire to throw in the towel completely and the urge to download the apps maybe just this one more time. ...
Your day wasn’t exactly going smoothly, but you thought you had it handled. Yet somewhere between loud construction rousing you out of bed early, a particularly crowded subway ride into the office and an unexpected meeting on your work calendar, your nerves are...
Do you ever get the sense that there’s more than one version of you? Maybe you notice the part of you that pushes you out of your comfort zone. “You have to say “yes” to the networking meeting,” this one says - “who knows who you might meet? This could impact the...
The idea of starting the (Gregorian) calendar new year off with vim and vigor never really made sense to me. Didn’t we just celebrate the start of winter on the longest night of the year a couple of weeks ago? Did I somehow lose track of time and miss the “a hah”...
“You are here and yet you dream Of being there; of being where you think the good life has begun” -The Wailin’ Jennys “This can’t be.” “This is unacceptable.” “Something has to change.” “Someone has to do something.” Raise your hand if you’ve said...
Racing heart. Shortness of breath. Muscle tension. Insomnia. Lost appetite. A head full of worries and worst case scenarios. Hello anxiety! Unpopular opinion #1: Anxiety is not a bad thing If you’re a conscious being, your anxiety makes sense. We are living in...