It was over two decades ago but I still remember how confounded I was. At first, I was pleased that this was a problem I could easily and simply solve. (How rare is that?) But that satisfaction slowly evaporated, morphing into frustration that my no-strings-attached offer was somehow left dangling...

I suppose it’s more of a reprise than an encore, but nonetheless I love how every performance of Alvin Ailey’s Revelations is pretty much guaranteed to get a thunderous standing ovation. The euphoric feeling that washes over the audience during Rocka My Soul in the Bosom of Abraham simply demands more o...

I was not expecting such a dramatic turn of events. In fact, I’d been told I didn’t even really need to show up; I just needed to be reachable by phone. Yet what had been explained to me as a mostly procedural moment was suddenly one where I had to make major life decisions. The stakes were not on...

In some ways, I’ve often considered it my greatest virtue, yet lately I’ve seen it perhaps more accurately as a double-edged sword. Even the greatest poets and philosophers are divided. On the positive side, it allowed me to survive boatloads of childhood trauma. On the negative side, I’m often li...

This guided meditation is 9 minutes long with an extra 4 minutes more of music by my talented friend David Buchs. You can stream it here or download in the link below. CLICK TODownload