Ah, sleep! How I resist you! I don't think anyone can deny that a good night's sleep is delicious. However, most of us get up too early, go to bed too…
I stared up the hill and really didn't know if I could do it. I have the lung capacity of a hamster and I was already sitting at over 12,500…
George Michael is the last straw. The list of fallen heroes in 2016 has become too long. David Bowie, Prince, Alan Rickman, Anton Yelchin, Gene Wilder, Gary Shandling, Leonard Cohen.…
"Don't turn your feet out." "Never drink water during practice." "Flex your foot to protect your knee." "Don't invert when you're menstruating." I love it when a teacher tells me…
Before you select a sperm donor, you have to go visit an approved counsellor. I guess so they can make sure that you aren't crazy. My fertility clinic provided me…
I experience anxiety and depression. In my life, I have fallen into despair and loneliness, had suicidal thoughts, cut myself to purge the pain, taken anti-depressants, and curled up on my…
Have you ever noticed that whenever you have a party, everyone winds up in the kitchen? No matter how much you decorate your living room or spruce up the dining…
This past week I had a difficult conversation with a loved one. It was one of those rip-your-heart-open-say-what-you-really-think experiences where I felt uncertain and scared. Usually a rational and controlled…
I’m right! You’re wrong! Ooooo, it feels so good to be right!! Doesn’t it? Being right is brain happy food. “He is soooooo wrong!” I say, outraged (but somehow gleeful).…
Your mind is a beautiful cage. Glorious, glittering, shiny, and infinitely complex...but a cage nonetheless. From the time we're children, we create an understanding of the world and live by…
"No rushing," my yoga teacher admonishes sternly. She's helping me with backbends. I'm moving too fast. I take a breath and pause. I slow down. "Good," she nods, "no rushing."…
It's the month of November and time again for this most remarkable time: saying no. At first, saying no sounds bad, like a five year old staring at their brussel…
