Because I apparently have to stop working every 15 minutes to check blogs and social networking, I found myself reading about an ex-sex-worker coming out in an interview about her experiences. The write-up was on Bust.com and the writer opened with her abhorrence at the interviewer’s ignorance, who took the typical talk-show “oh my god, [...]
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I wanted to share this set of videos, because it is one of the most exciting conversations I have come across in awhile. I’ve not seen something so beautiful and thoughtful on the topic of atheism and de-conversion in, well, maybe ever.
While other atheist memes are quick to point a finger, laughing at [...]
There is one very intense, meaningful question that every woman has to find an answer to: Would you keep the baby or not? This question found it’s way into my living room last night as Ned and I sat on the couch after a successful budgeting discussion, we realized we were coming up on our [...]
Here I have put together a resource on psychotherapy gathered from my own experiences and on the many articles and books I’ve read on the topic. The plan is to continue to add and edit as I discover more and as you share your own experiences and insights. Please use the comments or privately email [...]
What feelings or images does the word intimacy evoke? Some research I am doing for an upcoming article has me at the drawing board, re-thinking what intimacy is, and what it means to me. The ways we experience intimacy are incredibly vast and the ways we can explore intimacy are equally endless. Was your mental [...]
What did you want to be when you grew up? In adulthood, this question sometimes gets thrown around as career-wisdom, a path to what you really should be doing in life. I don’t think this question can unlock some secret of your soul, but I think it can hold they key to your childhood unconscious. [...]
“But do you think she is a bad person?” My friend was looking at me, her mouth gaping at the question mark of her inquiry. She was referring to a mutual friend, who she was thinking of ending the friendship with because it had grown stressful and unhealthy for them both. Her words were emphasized [...]
You are Not Wrong– this has become my mantra for the past week. So often as I go about my day, excessive worry, guilt or all-around feeling bad creeps in. I have a tendency to self-attack and over-worry, sadly I know I am not alone in this. However this is not our natural state, the [...]
Unless you were one of the few golden, good looking kids in middle school, I bet you remember the embarrassing thirst for popularity, the fantasy of being a small part of that spotlight. Ever since grade school I can remember a pressure to fit in, and even then I felt disconnected from others kids. Before [...]
What is your real work? How would you define it if you had to?
Career fulfillment is one of those things we are all supposed to have. Along with perfect families and relationships, stellar sex lives, undying self-love and all of that other stuff that takes a ton of work and I’m not that anyone has [...]
