Mid-life Crisis or Mid-life Rebirth?
This middle adulthood moment that I’m having has got me extra full of reflections in 2024, and somehow they do not possess the “crisis” quality that many of our cultural READ MORE
When Talking Is No Longer Enough
Shortly after the pandemic began, I found myself taking longer walks than ever through New York City. On these walks, I craved rich storytelling that could transport me far from READ MORE
Thoughts on Yoga’s Relationship to Racism & Democracy
Don’t Be Fooled: Here’s the Truth About Yoga You might look at the above photo and think you’re seeing “yoga.” You’re not. Yoga is actually a concept meaning “union.” It READ MORE
Quarantine Chronicles: Walking to Keep from Dying
Since COVID-19 quarantine began, I have taken a long walk everyday. I walk from my apartment in Harlem along the Hudson River for a minimum 4.4 mile loop. I walk READ MORE
Quarantine Chronicles
Self and Community Care in the Age of a Pandemic It feels as like an eternity has past since I last wrote a post. Like most of you, I have spent READ MORE
An Experiment: Plant-based Eating as Life-Affirming Activism
So… I’ve been intending to explore plant-based eating for years. But I’ve been scared. Like really scared of the imagined inconvenience, the hunger pains, the fantasies about dishes that I’ve READ MORE
Breaking and Mending on the Path to Wholehearted Love
Oh 2020. I wish I could say you’ve been on fire and that all my #blackgirlmagic is making the unfathomable happen, but January of this new year was pretty sobering, READ MORE
A Time to Pause
The winter holidays and the end of the year always demand a shift in my focus. They demand a more inward than outward facing gaze, a more grateful attitude than READ MORE
2019: Looking Up, Looking Out, Looking Back, and Looking In
Hello, hello 2019, I am so glad you’re here! 2018 wasn’t the biggest blogging year for me, as I devoted the majority of my time to developing a relationship to READ MORE
Love Stories 2: Mindful Listening: An Antidote to Anxiety in an Increasingly Polarized World
This week was the first in many years when I had a sleepless night. I woke from sleep in a fit of anxiety and spent the remaining three hours until READ MORE