Years ago, I was sad and single, working in a job that facilitated a slow emotional death.  I had recently broken up with my boyfriend and I felt stuck. My life –for lack of a better term—sucked, or at least it felt like it did. I needed to change it and I knew that I...

The holidays are here again, and for most of us that means spending time with our families. There are people out there who breeze through this perineal family parade, people who don’t get triggered by their parents or siblings or drunk relatives. I don’t know many of...

While visiting Scotland for the first time, I was met with a shocking, yet obvious, reality – one you could relate to the feeling of a cold breeze sneaking up under your kilt to remind you it’s cold. I was reminded that I am alive. Which, of course, I know, and you...