Self love

How can we predict the future when there is so much luck that determines the outcome of our lives? When I reflect on the six months of my life that have unfolded since I walked across the stage [...]

A Tough Mudder is a 10-12 mile mud-slicked obstacle course that has a garnered loyal fans, regular competitors, and a world-wide community of finishers. With the mission statement: “Whether you [...]

31 bodies take the pitch. 15 dressed in red and black. 15 dressed in an alternate color. The ref calls the captains from each team forward. A coin toss takes place and the ball is kicked. The 80 [...]

Women who have had some serious trauma in their past come to me tired of feeling like the victim.  They don’t know whether to forgive, how to move forward, which way to begin again. Below [...]

I. Neon signs pass as moonlight here, a promise: the world is still beautiful. II. I remember the night I tried to replace my ribcage with yours, trying to find beautiful in my time- bomb body. [...]

Identities take up space: headspace, emotional space, social space, and even physical space. Assigned female at birth, I quickly realized that I was “supposed to” take up less space than my [...]

I want to write love poems to my own body. So I’ve started taking the ones I wrote for you and replacing every “you” with “I.” Now I know I too love the taste of the ocean and I will grow like [...]

I am the type of person that reads landscapes like they are love poems and criticizes them for not being beautiful enough. I grew up in a city surrounded by trees, had to find beautiful behind [...]

As the New Year roles around all of us face the inevitable task of looking back at everything that has happened in the past year. We find ourselves desperately cataloging everything good that has [...]

The world will bloody your knuckles without even trying. If you cry in front of the women you love, they will still love you. Strong does not mean: tall loud angry. Strong means swallowing the [...]