I wasn’t aware of how much I needed the win until after it had happened. In most ways, my week had been going along just fine. It paralleled the response of Vlad’s new vet, who, when they returned him from his blood tests—not his favorite—replied when I asked how Vlad behaved: “He wasn’t the ...

Although it definitely seems that “The Algorithm”—something everyone refers to but I suspect no one actually understands—is spying on all our private conversations, this felt like a pretty straightforward synchronicity. In last week’s newsletter, while writing about this month’s theme, Th...

Although all the live events of a dear friend’s marketing bootcamp completely conflicted with my schedule, I managed to attend the first half of the one whose topic struck the strongest chord. The focus was on talking about what you do, a topic that’s often quite challenging for entrepreneurs and artist...

It was not the direction I thought the conversation would take. My assumption was that it would be completely clinical and unemotional. Instead, to my astonishment, it was one of the most connected moments I’ve ever felt with another human being. Oddly, it was with a sales representative when I wa...

I thought it would be the other way around.  Spearheading the (near-future) launch of my mother vintage Etsy store, I thought there might be some reluctance to let things go. Instead, she’s willingly taken a deep dive into the process, eager to research and list a small mountain o...

Only this morning did it occur to me that the experience has all the hallmarks of an alien abduction. You’re minding your own business when suddenly you’re trapped, encased in a weird prism of green light. The next thing you know, you’re hovering through the air, floating in space. You’r...

It was something between a gasp and a shriek, and, in retrospect, an altogether fitting reaction. My own was more a quiet appreciation of the quirky irony of it all. You see, I found myself this morning at a charity tag sale held seasonally in a 6,000 square foot barn. Moments ...

They could not be more different. One lives 2 years; the other 60-70. One’s heart beats 600 times per minute, the other 30. From conception, one gestates for just 20 days; the other, 660 (almost 2 years)! Their social behavior also differs widely, ranging from solitary or small-g...

As they say in celebrity speak, it’s “having a moment.” Never before has it received this level of recognition—this month’s meditation theme [HERE]—and all of it has been universally positive. I’m not sure if it’s geographically-related or simply something that’s happening in the culture. ...