Here I Am, in the Airless Room.
Mere minutes after that zen-induced state, I hear her voice through the phone and I'm snared, caught in the tiny room. "Where are you?" she demands.
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Time Will Ease My Grief.
We all have different ways of expressing grief. As a writer, expressing my thoughts in writing is one of my best coping tools.
Let’s Take a Page out of the Playbook of Narcissists.
Current wisdom says that narcissism is as incurable as it is intolerable. And yet, we are seeing more and more narcissists in top leadership positions.
Grieving Under an Invisibility Cloak.
It seems to me that the cloak of invisibility worn by those invisibly grieving is no less than a superhero’s cape. While tossing and turning on mourning’s high seas, it can take Herculean strength to simply get out of bed some days. It can take immense strength to acknowledge that one must amp ...
Breathing Death: Be Yourself, Or in the End, Lose Both Your Real and Potential Self.
Not life but death is the baton we pass on to the next runner. Immortality is a dreadful nightmare -- endless life eking out to no end.
Aging Gracefully: Becoming The Woman I Always Wanted To Be.
We are given this human vessel to look after, and it's our responsibility to nourish it with excellent self-care. Beyond the physical, it's the feeling of aliveness that we need to nurture to stay youthful and enthusiastic about life.