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How shameful that only recently I have started to glimpse the impact racism has had on this country, on my friends, and how much I have benefitted from it. This is a time for me to listen, to underst…

Turns out that having a significant amount of advanced education doesn't prevent you from your biggest enemy - yourself. For years I believed I had a mysterious illness, some obscure allergy or imbal…

10 years ago what were you doing? Who were you? What did you believe to be true? 

If you could have known all that would happen in 10 years, all that would change, that version of you would never beli…

COVID has opened a door that many of us would rather keep closed - a peek into our own mindset. What we do, what we want to do, and what we believe about our capabilities. Some of us were ready, most…

We just got blindsided, and we are reacting. Some are pulling the covers up higher to block it out, some are pushing themselves to the breaking point. Most of us don't know what the hell to do so we …

"I feel like I've been running and running, pushing myself to my breaking point, and suddenly when COVID happened it's like someone pulled a blindfold off of my eyes I didn't know I was wearing. I re…

What do you want said at your funeral? And how much of it will be true?
What will your legacy be? How will you be remembered?
Far from easy questions, and yet, if we don't look at them soon enough we w…

Love makes us dumb. Love makes us cry. Love makes us impossible. And yet, we do it anyway. Turns out, despite the stupidity of it all, love is pretty groovy. 

In anything but a smooth and seamless journey, the path to forgiveness has always involved pain and suffering. In this, the biggest lesson to date, indeed there were bumps along the road. But dying h…

As we walk this path of life we are witness to the joining and the departure of so many. As those who leave us find their time, we are left sometimes questioning, sometimes suffering. At times the on…

We've all felt the acute pain of disappointment. Sometimes after a quick burst of effort, and sometimes after years of pushing and struggling. Feeling not good enough. Secretly thinking that soon eno…

Fear does one of two things: (1) motivate action or (2) defeat the subject. Option one takes courage, option two feels way better. 
In this story how a medical mystery of hip pain turned my life upsid…

At times, when things seem the hardest and most impossible, you lower your shoulder and run directly through a brick wall. You have it in you. We all do. It just SUCKS to be pushed to that point so w…

Do you ever get what you want and realize, in that moment, it isn't what you want at all? Super irritating, right? Now imagine that while being held at gunpoint...
This is the story of the second time…

Before we discuss all of the mess and face plants that has been my life, I want to share the backstory of an important character - my father. A story of desperation, self-loathing, and a very sneaky …

Numbing, as it turns out, is a terrific way to get through hard shit. And I don't do things gently. How many of us do this, whether we admit to it or not? Developing coping mechanisms that help us su…

Many listeners will not be comfortable with this episode. Perhaps some should not listen? Or perhaps they should. 
The content and story herein is challenging to tell and perhaps to hear. 
What become …

Few things piss you off more than the day you realize you are becoming your parents. If you haven't had that day yet, brace. If you have, grace. Turns out that "love yourself first" advice didn't go …