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Words let us down, make us cry, leave us searching. We sit with them, lose them, and are guided by them. Words are celebrated, stick to our hearts, and leave us feeling motivated. We overthink them, say too many or too little, and hang on their every meaning. They transform our lives… Will you marry me? I’m pregnant! We regret to inform you… Congratulations! I…

No, no, not that feeling. This isn’t your typical love story. The first time I ever got ‘the feeling’ was at sixth grade science camp. I was in a new school and hadn’t really made any great friends, to say the least. Nonetheless, I was excited for a week of adventures in the great outdoors. The second we arrived at camp I felt this aching…

It’s funny, because it’s true.  This is awesome This is tricky This is shit I am shit This might be ok This is awesome – Marcus Romer Steps 2-5 are filled with so much self-doubt and resistance that sometimes we never even make it to 6. Get out of your own way and push onward through the middle bits of…

Here is an excerpt from The Art of Coming Home by Craig Storti “But the question persists. Why is it so hard to come home? The answer to this question has many parts, but the biggest by far concerns the notion of home and the expectations it sets up in us. To truly understand reentry, we need to understand what we…

“I can’t think of anything that excites a greater sense of childlike wonder than to be in a country where you are ignorant of almost everything.” – Bill Bryson

In June of this year, I quit my job. So trendy, right? I quit my job to pursue my passion in writing [sinking in my chair of guilt]. I get mixed responses in sharing this fact. Some people say, wow good for you! Other people are polite but give me a look that screams, what does that even mean? Isn’t work, simply that?…

Goal setting for the next year, five years or even ten years can be ominous and challenging. I tend to set too many goals, get really overwhelmed and end up doing about 25% of each. I can’t even tell you the number of books I have read…99 pages of. I’m sure none of you can relate to that? So, today I broke it down…

A few years ago, I worked with a life coach who completely rocked my world [more on that later]. There was one exercise in particular that stuck to my heart like a Post-it note :: Daily Mantras. Written by me, for me. I am centered, connected and present I have creative freedom I am motivated from within I have the power to change and reinvent myself Post them on your bathroom…

Here is a fun (and semi weepy) piece I wrote for SoundViz, a San Francisco start-up that turns your favorite sound into art.  Song: “American Girl” by Tom Petty From an outside perspective, it’s simply hundreds of colorful lines on a page. It fluctuates; drawing your eyes up and down, fast and then slow, traveling across the page like an…