“I’m not sure if the passage of time affects our core identities so much as reveals them to us.” -Jennifer Egan I walked out of my therapist’s office for the last time this week. In October of 2014 I sat on Dr Z’s couch for the first time and wept deeply, opening myself to the …
WALKING WITH GOD (part 4 of 5) In the Light of the Feminine Though I knew all the women who would be attending this ceremony there was a hint of anxiety as I traveled to the temple- I was the only male who would be journeying with them. There were 5 participants and our guides …
WALKING WITH GOD (part 1 of 5-part series) Prelude to a Kiss “Life force is that part of us that always attempts to act on our own behalf and get our needs met.” -Dr Z Life force is both powerful and vulnerable. It can be a great strength and joy but it can …
A short piece from Chapter 3 from the upcoming And There Was Light; How MDMA Saved My Life — “The job of parents is to model. Modeling includes how to be a man or woman; how to relate intimately to another person; how to acknowledge and express emotions; how to fight fairly; how to have physical, …
“I found god in myself and I loved her, I loved her fiercely”-Ntozake Shange This time, the temple in the woods was familiar, a place of refuge and peace to come home to. Beneath the skylight piercing the apex of the dome was safety, community, acceptance, and love. I was excited to swim once more in …
When you learn that a parent has died, there is supposed to be a sense of loss and remembering the good times. There should be nostalgia, smiles through tears, laughter at silly things that happened when you were small. Sadly, this was not so for me. I learned last night that my father shuffled off …
There are tectonic moments in a life when the Earth beneath our feet shakes and shifts and the world upends itself in a convulsion of change and realignment. The path, once so clearly unrolled before us, fractures into rubble, falls into a yawning, steaming chasm, and a new, open way appears in another direction. Do you …
