The Crash After the High
Today I crashed. I woke up in the morning feeling a bit low. I can’t explain why or how or what caused it, I just felt it. And it sort of...
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- Jul 18
- 3 min
What Home Feels Like
How interesting it is to be comforted by being known. I’m sure the thrill of travel for most people is in the newness of it all. New...
- Jul 15
- 4 min
In Acro, In Life
Just like yoga, I’ve come to understand that Acroyoga is so much more than cool movements and fun poses (although those are really great...
- Aug 19, 2021
- 3 min
Quarantine in a Storm
I am so so grateful for shelter. Just 8 days into living in Cayman and I’ve endured my first storm, sitting by the sliding glass doors as...
- Jun 14, 2021
- 2 min
The Journey of Leaving
I have officially started the grieving process. To really lean into the depth of what it has meant for me to leave Asia after 4 yrs to...
- May 8, 2021
- 4 min
I Just Go Where the Tradewind Blows
This year I will move back to the Caribbean. I haven’t lived there since I was a child, and for some reason I find myself more nervous to...
- Sep 27, 2020
- 3 min
Object Permanence in a Global Pandemic
There are so many things I’ve wanted to write about. So many times I’ve sat down and thought it was time to get something on here about...
- Apr 14, 2020
- 4 min
Choose, For Yourself
I just wanted to come on here to say to my peers in the US that you do not HAVE to stay there and suffer. You don’t have to fall into...
- Apr 3, 2020
- 4 min
This is Water
I think we can all agree. It’s a tough world we live in. If you’re like me, and you avoid the news as much as possible, you’ll still...
- Dec 10, 2019
- 5 min
We Like to Complain, Don’t We?
I’ve been living in Thailand for 1.5 years already, quickly approaching 2. My dream destination for all my life, if ever there was one....
- Sep 30, 2019
- 4 min
A Year of Pain
2019 did not get off to that start that I was hoping for on January 1st, as I slept through midnight celebrations at my cousin’s house in...
- Apr 24, 2019
- 2 min
It Takes A Village
I never really understood the value of community until recently. As a loner, I’ve always felt the most comfortable in the presence of my...
- Feb 10, 2019
- 3 min
Be, and Then Share
The type of awareness I need to have to work with children in the Montessori environment and beyond has been by far the most intimate,...
- Oct 26, 2018
- 4 min
A Letter From My Brother
Brother unlucky came to visit. He travelled upward of 36 hours to come and see me. And he stayed for 12 days. During those 12 days, we...
- Sep 3, 2018
- 11 min
The Things I Won’t Miss About China
Obviously, I started putting this together before I actually left China. But I left and went straight to India and completely immersed...
- Jun 21, 2018
- 3 min
The Future, the Present and the Choices We Make
I still remember walking into my classroom on the first day, the first week, the first month, and not having any idea what I’d gotten...
- Mar 24, 2018
- 4 min
China is Killing Me Slowly
And I can’t determine if I mean that figuratively or literally or a little bit of both. I just got out of the hospital that I vowed to...
- Jan 3, 2018
- 8 min
A Different Language
I’ve spent a large part of the last few months of 2017 complaining about China and my experience here so far; and I am well aware that I...
- Oct 4, 2017
- 4 min
Chapter 4: Facing Me
I write to you from a tiny village in Yixing, China, known for both tea plants and being the holy land for Buddhism in Southern China....
- Jul 2, 2017
- 4 min
Getting Back to The Source
In fact, I’m here now, basking in the glory of mountain views and island breeze; waking up to smiling faces and the rhythm of the swaying...