Six or seven years ago when my eyes first fluttered awake, I was drawn to individuals who had similar core values and beautiful ways of expressing them. I reveled in layered conversations rich with introspection and feelings regarding the human condition. I sought safe places to practice being the real me. The old definition of introvert (shy, [...]
I've felt the euphoria of minds intertwining in the most intimate and spiritual way. I've felt an ineffable lightness and joy from simply having the house to myself. I've felt intensely content being in the same room with a lover...not talking. I've often felt connected to something bigger than myself when listening to music, reading literature [...]
Anxiety reared her ugly uninvited head recently. I thought she'd been sent packing by my relaxed self-guided lifestyle and spiffy low-sugar diet but noooooo… She wakes me at 4AM with adrenaline shots and racing thought chasers. Like a resentful relative she reminds me of every stressful situation I have brewing. Anxiety is a bad old friend. [...]
She doesn't want to be married to me. That's the answer my ex-husband gave his mother when she asked, prior to our divorce, if we had a chance at reconciliation. The truth of it stung my ears. What kind of a bitch am I?, I wondered. My own mother questioned me repeatedly about my decision to [...]
Alone again. I feel I've come full circle from January 2012 when I was newly single and aching for personal expression and independence. I had an aliveness that vibrated subcutaneously, poised to spill out from my smile. I wanted to take classes, write, read, travel, nurture friendships, figure out Brenda, be seen as Brenda. Sometimes being seen [...]
He sits on a bench down by the lake and offers wisdom for 25 cents. He is not getting rich off this undertaking but men's coach and pioneer of The Mankind Project, Craig Bloomstrand (aka Snake), enjoys connecting with others. His definition of wisdom? Learning from experience and using that knowledge to shape the future for the [...]
