The Unfair Truth
The World Isn’t Fair. Now What? The news arrived on a Thursday: my friend Sarah, who had never…
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Why We Stop Asking “Why” & How to Start Again
he tragedy isn't that all questions have answers—they don't. The tragedy is that we teach children to stop…
We’re All Making It Up
The adults—those mythical beings who seemed to possess a secret manual for navigating existence—were just as lost as…
Adult Magic: Keeping Wonder Alive
Adult life desperately needs the conviction that change is possible, that help is coming, that we are part…
The Map of Our Disowned Wanting
Why do we reserve our harshest judgment for people who are living our unlived lives? Our judgment serves…
The Lonely Performance
This is the loneliest kind of love: being cherished for a performance so convincing that even you sometimes…
Why We Fear Being Authentic
Why does authenticity feel like the most dangerous thing we can attempt? Perhaps it's because we live in…
The Performance of a Lifetime
I realized I had become a method actor who had forgotten they were acting. The role had consumed…
Loved for the ‘Gift Shop’ You?
What if the person they love is just the gift shop version of who I actually am? The…
Kind to Strangers, Cruel to Yourself?
Why does proximity to our own suffering make us cruel? We are fluent in the language of compassion—but…