About 13 years ago, a good friend told me that I should just do one thing if I wanted to be successful. As I approach my 40th birthday,...

I have always thought that flip flops are ugly and uncomfortable. But there are times that they prove to be quite convenient, like during...

As a person who all too often feels overwhelmed with the stresses of everyday life, I have found it helpful to incorporate three rituals...

When I first moved into my 150 year old house almost eight years ago, I immediately began the process of cleaning up and updating the...

I have always had a precarious relationship with sleep. The bliss of restful sleep has eluded me since I broke a dependency on a life...

This post originally appeared at Huffington Post on 5/26/15. I feel most comfortable in a classroom. Whether I am the instructor or...

OK, so it wasn’t the first time I had ever seen Andre Watts. Nor was it the first time I ever saw him at New Jersey Performing Arts...

The concepts of interconnectedness and self-sufficiency may, at first, seem incompatible. Interconnectedness implies that all living...

Inauthenticity is a faint, futile fugue that robs life of its mystery and meaning. Yet, social survival compels us to hide, to shift, and...

We live in a world full of injustice and despair. I suspect that, at least in part, your anger has led you to conceptualize and co-create...

Last summer, when listening to various tracks on my MP3 player while on a road trip, my mother mentioned that she loved Joan Osborne’s...

I sometimes think that I was happier when I was depressed. I recently found a journal from 2006 and 2008, with an almost two-year gap...

Writing is a solitary enterprise and that, overall, suits me just fine. After a day at work surrounded by other people, love them though...