I’ve been thinking a lot about the concept of “home.” Until I went to uni, I had the same answer about where home is: New York City, where I was born and raised. But in the ten years since I took that first big leap into university, I’ve moved...
I feel like I blinked and suddenly my life became busy again. For so long my list of things to juggle, on paper, was much smaller. No big social plans, no commute, no irritation on public transit. I just had to work, handle only my closest relationships, and keep...
Am I crazy? This week, I got drinks with a close friend I hadn’t seen in three years. I was over-the-moon excited to see her. But also, I was nervous–not that it would be awkward, not that we would have nothing in common anymore. I knew that would be...
There’s been a lot of talk online lately about how toxic Instagram filters can be, especially for young people. When you can click a button and see what needs to change on your face for you to be “beautiful,” what kind of damage can that cause your...
Coined by psychotherapist John Wellwood, spiritual bypassing is the “tendency to use spiritual ideas and practices to sidestep or avoid facing unresolved emotional issues, psychological wounds, and unfinished development tasks.” We often fall prey to the negative...
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