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Fire has always been a symbol of transformation. It takes something that exists in one form and turns it into ashes. Those ashes return to the earth, feeding the cycle of life and creation. For me, ...

In those moments of silence, I find myself smiling, not for what I’ve experienced but for the imaginary game of what if, where what could be has never been tainted by what was. It seems that we often ...

Dr. Seuss (March 2), Khaled Hosseini (March 4), Gabriel García Márquez (March 6), Jack Kerouac (March 12), Albert Einstein (March 14), Ruth Bader Ginsburg (March 15), Fred Rogers (March 20), Aretha ...

There’s a particular kind of tired that is hard for a highly sensitive person (HSP) to articulate. Forget about the tiredness that comes from a bad night’s sleep, or even the bone-deep fatigue of a ...

I know from personal experience that arguments are bound to happen in any healthy relationship. Although conflicts come and go, the feelings they trigger stick around. It feels like we’re caught in a ...

There’s a rawness in the air, a palpable vulnerability, a felt sense that something within us is stirring, changing, and shifting all at once. We no longer are who we once were and have not yet become ...

I lost my father at fifty-six. He was the kind of man who did exactly what was expected of him. He built a stable life. He provided for his family. He never complained. But twenty years into my own ...

Preening. Peacocking. Swaggering. Strutting. Posing. Grandstanding. Parading. Flaunting. Some of the words used traditionally to describe how the male species often try to get the attention of the ...

As I scroll through Instagram, I come across a video from a Brit who is attending the World Cup. In it, he excitedly details his newfound love of America, our culture, and our hospitality. He smiles ...

I was a fixer in my previous relationships. When you’re a fixer, you’re naturally drawn to those who need mending—because you can’t fix what’s already intact. “Intact” people never caught my attention ...

My hands were shaking as anxiety gripped me. I felt so triggered from his words in his recent voice note. I could feel my anxious attachment wound becoming activated. I have been here in this place so ...