self-care
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How can you find yourself if you’re uncertain where to look
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In the days between Halloween and Dia de los Muertos, where the veil between the living world and the spirits is at its thinnest, my mind has been simultaneously preoccupied by the seen and unseen. 2023 has been quite a…
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How to live life as a citizen of the world
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The learnings did not end when I decided to take my life into my own hands. If anything, they became more apparent. I started challenging myself to be more–in the day-to-day and the adventures to come on the desert sands…
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How to live with your eyes wide open
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Seven years ago, I was on the verge of an awakening. Metaphorically, one might compare my existence before a deep catatonic state of consciousness. I honestly cannot remember chunks of my life from my all too active participation in the rat…
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The benefits of a meaningful conversation
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I have had more conversations in the last six weeks than I’ve had in the previous six months. On the phone, over text, in Zoom rooms and Google Hangouts, on Skype and WhatsApp, and casually from a safe distance of six…
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Writing on the blank page
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Pitch black at 5 AM. The last time I woke up this early it involved feeding Finn. I reach for the bedside journal, the one that used to be within arms distance, filled with chicken scratch pencil markings, the hieroglyphics…
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How to live with your eyes wide open
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Once upon a time, I lived in a deep catatonic state of consciousness. Although I don’t know the exact moment when I snapped out of it, I do know the forceful jolt inspired a quest to reclaim the only holy grail that…
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Hell no, I’m too young to be a cougar
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The stories people tell… In this case, the storyteller was a 25-year-old client service agent at the luxury resort where I am staying. He sat down to chat after I ordered lunch, to tell me about the things I should…
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Living your truth: how to be brave
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After nearly a decade working in tech, I wasn’t entirely surprised when AOL issued me a pink slip. In many ways, it was a relief–for all the time spent in those hallowed halls and on the Ploum couch in our marketing huddle, vast…