Hello, friend. It's been years since I've written here.I think the inclination to write usually comes when suffering is at its peak but intuition and clarity are on the cusp of rising to meet it at the same level.2022 was another unexpectedly hard year for me - it continues to be hard. There is fear. There is depression. There is loneliness. (Ooft, the tears...Read More

There's nothing 'wrong' with people. There's nothing 'wrong' with trauma arising years later. There's nothing 'wrong' with still hurting from the pain of the past. Society really subscribes to the idea that time heals all wounds. That since an 'adequate' amount of time has passed since someone died, or since a break up, or whatever difficult experience or loss - that someone should...Read More

Hello! I've missed blogging!This blog post is going to be a big metaphor. Who doesn't love a good metaphor?So the past year for me has been a crash course on pain. You can take the 'crash course' bit literally since the pain I'm dealing with resulted from an actual 10-foot high bouldering fall about a year ago 💁‍♀️ (Recap: broken humerus + ankle injuries:...Read More

This is a transcript of the Dhamma talk "Doubts about Your Abilities" by Ajahn Thanissaro. For any errors in the text below, I accept full responsibility and ask for Ajahn Thanissaro's and the reader's forgiveness. Some skills in life are optional. You don’t need them to survive, and you can often find someone else to do the skill for you. Playing the stock market,...Read More

A WORD OF CAUTION: lots of spoilers ahead. I highly recommend reading this only after you have watched the movie, because it would be a shame to deprive yourself of the beautiful experience that is Princess Mononoke. This post is also more like a post-mortem discussion of the movie, and although I recount the plot in detail, I think it would be better...Read More