Unbearable Turbulence: My Betta Fish Existence.
My boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, boyfriend, ex-boyfriend, I could write this about 6 times, said that the fish reminds him of me.
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You Don’t Talk to Me, but I Feel You There with Me.
I know you feel the expanse that has opened up between us as a huge chasm that can't possibly be breached. But all chasms can be breached.
What If You Don’t Want Your Work to Define You?
You can't latch on to the bits about people you relate to... who work in a similar field as you, and pay more attention to them at the expense of others.
How Vulnerability Destroyed My Reputation.
Life will... drop us to our knees... and if the fall doesn't take us out, our need for... reputation... will be destroyed and love will be all that remains.
The Man on a Train: Give Good the Benefit of the Doubt.
When you're confined in a small space with a man whose movie is blaring, it can be hard to see the good in the man whose movie is blaring.
Notes on Power: Sit with Your Own Powerlessness.
To call my husband abusive is like calling a spoon an apple... And yet using that word, again and again, gave his ex-wife the power she was desperate for.
Spontaneity and Spirit in Canyons and in Car Washes.
Relaxing the continuous, low-level strain of striving after outcomes, attainables, and pre-fab goals, spontaneity unleashes the passionate joys.
Coyote Medicine: How the Light Shines.
I dug into my jean jacket pocket and pulled out a pencil covered in yellow smiling faces. I grinned, knowing somehow the trickster coyote put it there.
As Long as Our Sisters Are Not Safe, Neither Are We.
It's clearly essential to teach ourselves that we are basically safe inside our bodies, with the power to act, that we are not victims.
The Decision of Birth Was Mine to Make.
I made three decisions regarding childbirth in my life. I am not apologizing for only giving birth twice... My husband would not disagree with me on this.