Raise your hand if you consider yourself a perfectionist. My hand is raised to the ceiling. I recently decided to embrace imperfection, and now I am a recovering perfectionist. But I am not far enough along in recovery to put my hand down. Perfectionism runs deep. It is not something I can toss out the ...

Born an hour ago, or Day before. You’re One month, or A Hundred years old. Come out and Play.   On March 18th, my friends in neighborhoods around the globe will celebrate Holi. Trays of bright-colored dry powder, Buckets of water, Water-filled balloons, and Golgappas, samosas, gulab jamuns will adorn the tables.   Rules will ...

 Hey, I know, I know it’s difficult to get out of bed sometimes. Life has desaturated, it’s uninteresting or overwhelming, perhaps to the point where you look forward in your life and it appears bleak and hopeless. Those meds on the shelf you’ve taken once or twice don’t seem to work, despite what your therapist ...

How did this happen? Just two years ago, I was so active and full of life—hiking, fishing, and lifting weights. In my Krav Maga class, I fought and would lift my then-200-pound now-fiancé. Moving around was no issue, and I had never felt such aches or pain. I had plenty of energy, was lean, and ...

Daddy O Dad, you spoiled me. You said nothing when I ran the red light. Your patience was unbearable. I wanted to jolt you and ask, “How do you stay a saint in the midst of strain?”

Resilience is the buzzword of the apocalypse. I mean pandemic, but it often feels like a manifestation of the end times as we roll from one scenario to the next in the land of COVID-19. While I embrace resilience, I also need to say I’m Exhausted! The thing about our wonderful human life is it ...

Let’s be real: anxiety has become a companion for many of us in recent years if we weren’t acquainted beforehand. So what exactly is anxiety and how does one cope with it? Anxiety is defined as intense, excessive, and persistent worry and fear about what is to come. It’s a common feeling everyone shares: the ...

This past year I failed a lot. I let those failures get to me, and I lost all of my confidence. My therapist said the last week of the year should be a time for goal setting. I have set goals in the past with the frame of mind that I cannot consider them a ...

We need to have the conversation. Yes, the conversation. I know you’d much rather tuck it into your pocket or hide it behind a wall. Perhaps you merely observe from the outside, peering into someone’s most vulnerable state of mind, as a seed of guilt burrows deep in your subconsciousness. You might think you’re out ...