A Self-Seeking Journey Gone Rouge

I left on a journey. A self-seeking journey to a mountaintop far above. On the journey, I put my blind trust on something other than intuition, and I became lost. So lost. Instead of climbing higher and higher, I sank down into the ravines of fog and chill. “This can’t be right.” I nervously exclaimed.Continue reading “A Self-Seeking Journey Gone Rouge”

Today I Thought of You: Savoring past relationships

Today I was sitting in the ocean. Back against a boulder, booty in the water, toes sticking out. I noticed how nice my pedicure looked, and I thought of you.  Today I was sitting at an airport bar. Tv on, eyes getting tired, wishing for excitement, and I thought of you.  Today I was hikingContinue reading “Today I Thought of You: Savoring past relationships”

An Open Letter to the People in my Life

I am currently working towards a Master’s of Applied Positive Psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. My classmates and I were given the assignment of creating a positivity portfolio in which we were to choose a positive emotion to focus on and collect pictures, poems, songs, letters, tokens, etc that are meaning for us withinContinue reading “An Open Letter to the People in my Life”

Life: Who’s Got the Map?

We had been paddling all day. I sat in the front of the canoe, slick with sweat from exerting myself beneath the Florida sun. I was hot and tired, and where is a lady to use the bathroom while paddling in a canoe for hours around the thousand island region of Everglades National Park? I couldContinue reading “Life: Who’s Got the Map?”

Searching for Meaning this New Year

Each year, as the clock approaches midnight on December 31st, I delve through a quick mental scan of the past year. It’s what we all do, right? Even those of us who don’t make resolutions. Even those of us who do, but drop them a week or a month later. We still reflect. New YearsContinue reading “Searching for Meaning this New Year”