How My Father’s Cruel Words Shaped My Life for 45 Years
“Definitions belong to the definers, not the defined.” ~Toni Morrison, Beloved My father was on the other side of my bedroom door, banging hard on it with the flat of…
How I Found Hope After a Life-Changing Diagnosis
In 2014, at the age of thirty-one, I was told that I might soon have serious difficulty walking. For months, my body had been sending me signals I did not…
From Anxious to Free: The Surprising Power of Acceptance
“The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I change.” ~Carl Rogers For over a year, I woke up at 3 a.m. almost every…
What My Tired Eyes Taught Me About Paying Attention
In my second year of Ayurvedic medical school, my eyes started burning around nine o’clock every night. I did what most students do. I rubbed them, blinked hard a few…
