We Don’t Drop F-Bombs in Kansas
Someone from NYC recently asked me what life was like in the South, declaring they could hear my “Southern drawl.” Well, Miss, I’m from a state that isn’t part of
Unstoppable TrendGay Brazilian Father Fired After Requesting Parental Leave Gets International Attention
A Brazilian gay father’s fight against workplace discrimination is making history in Argentina, with a groundbreaking case now before the Superior Court of Justice of the City of Buenos Aires.
The Crash
Trigger Warning: Reference to terrorism, airplane crash, explicit language × Just caught the videoThe moving internet imageThe safest airspaceIn this countryOn this planetWithin the unknown universe Approach from the rightPatrol
Game ChangerCadence: I Got Rhythm
Life and career in a funk? Find your rhythm or change it up Self-improvement? It was a dark and stormy night, but let me say something first. I struggle with
Gay Brazilian Father Fired After Requesting Parental Leave Gets International Attention
A Brazilian gay father’s fight against workplace discrimination is making history in Argentina, with a groundbreaking case now before the Superior Court of Justice of the City of Buenos Aires.
Breaking the Tether: My Writer’s Journey
I’d like to tell you the story of a young boy named Wylie Sowden. The beginning of the story Wylie was brought into the world on a cold October morning
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Mental Health
Burnout Isn’t Just for the Boardroom
Overwhelmed Ever reached that point in life exhausted with whatever you are doing and wishing you could just let it be and leave? It may be yardwork, caregiving, or working
Do People Like Me?
Do People Like Me? I’ll admit it.I’m an awkward person. I have no idea what to say.I can’t maintain eye contact.Others probably get annoyed. I say something.It’s definitely wrong.They try
Less Manic, More Connected
Trigger Warning: Depression and Mania × This world is too complicated! I have lived a life valuing the strength of the human connection in this complicated world. In my journey,
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Breaking the Tether: My Writer’s Journey
I’d like to tell you the story of a young boy named Wylie Sowden. The beginning of the story Wylie was brought into the world on a cold October morning
Own Your Degree and Your Mental Health
Trigger Warning: Depression × Depression is a fickle thing. Becoming depressed is not easily predictable. The best days can be immediately followed by the worst. Still, there are behavior management
Lifestyle
What’s In A Name?
Trigger Warning: Adult Language × What’s in a name? If you could choose your own name, who would you be? A name is important, it’s an identity. Or is it
Walk With Me in The Forest of Imagination
Realism? idealism? Walk with me. Realism is focused on the awareness of immediate possibilities and acts based on certainty and what is probable. Idealism is focused on hope and then
Fiction & Poetry
Scraps of Myself
Sometimes, I look behind and laugh at myselfFor all the foolish acts I had put on.At present, I wish I could go back to the past.If only I could freeze
A Song to the Sculptor
Oh, stone carver, listen to me for a moment, that your skills be blessed. Shatter my ignorance so my heart, hardened, may begin to beat. Remove the pain from my
Don’t Stop Me
Don’t Stop Me Don’t stop me, Man, for I want to fly…Let me be myself, for I want skyMy aim is beyond your comprehension, so let me goI am restless
Voices From The Valley Are Rising
Writer’s note: This story is a cocktail of my own lived experience, of observations that spanned my community outreach work in East Africa from 1988 until now. I have seen
Shifting Fortunes, Shifting Fates
Trigger Warning: Death × I still remember the night my father died. The years before were a blur of lavish parties with older men shrunken with age and tall bottles
