Writing
Essays on connection, repair, and the occasional joke that saved my life. Fifty-odd of them, and counting.
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Language without Mind
Humans have existed roughly 300,000 years, and we’ve had language for approximately 135,000 years. And we generally say that writing…
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Curses
When Mom was angry at me from the ages of 7 to 9, she’d say a phrase, 야메노새끼야. Yameno-seikiya. It…
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Gratitude for Releasing Shame
The shame I held for so long, that came from being a child who believed if something was wrong it…
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Anniversary of Invincible Joy Rebel
A year ago today, I had a spiritual transformation, mind, body and soul. It happened on a day filled with…
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Individuation Blues
I moved into my apartment in October 2023. I was sad, depressed, angry, and grieving. I weighed 358 pounds, and…
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My Best Friend’s Name is Story
Some people don’t have a narrative arc in their lives, not the long life or even short bursts. We have…
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Anemia
I’m anemic again, officially. All that blood loss from the last few months, I knew what I was feeling. Thank…
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Commonplace Health
I took some time over the last few days to create a health journal, in the format of a commonplace…
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Notes from the Scapegoat
I watch people around me closely. It’s deep in my nervous system. I’ve rewired so much of my behavior, and…
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Choking
I was at a sleepover for the first time, at Kerry Niesen’s house, decades ago. We’d picked a movie and…
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No More Shame
I have an app to track bowel movements, something easier to do on a phone than with pen and paper,…
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I understand
I think my Mom and Dad both had levels of emotional immaturity, because of abuse and trauma they suffered as…
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Chronic Illness
One way that narcissists behave is to cancel plans at the last minute, as a form of control. People with…
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I learned to feel safe by caring for others
I learned to feel safe by caring for others. I couldn’t take feeling in danger, I hurt myself, and then…
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Finding Honesty
A lot of people have had far too many skeptics in their life. Which can drive some to seek sycophants.…
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The Children of Antifa
I saw a little kid, screaming at the top of their lungs today, “my best friend is an immigrant! You…
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THE PARADOX OF CHANGING THE WORLD
A simple truth of life is that we all influence and shape it, through our actions and choices. This is…
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Being Yourself
I just woke up, and am feeling off. But I realized something. I’ve been holding on to an old identity,…
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Memories from Israel
My last memory of Israel is from nearly 20 years ago. The intifada had ceased roughly six months before, and…