I was recently featured on SoulAnatomy with Teen Vogue writer Brianna Wiest. The piece is entitled ” Success is the sum total of a life well lived.” Check it out and let me know what you think. “Success is the sum total of a life well lived.”
The Suckiness of Growing Up
The only thing worse than buying feminine hygiene products for your wife is buying them for your 10 year old daughter. It is a fate all fathers hate. How did this happen? Why is time flying and how do I get it to stop? At the very least, it should give me a chance […]
Rewriting Yourself: The power of words and names
Recently, I had the opportunity to see just how much words and names can really affect a person’s life. I have the pleasure of working with a young woman who recently reminded me of this universal truth. Within our coworking relationship, I had the chance to see an evolution take place within her heart and […]
Writing Can Heal: Jessica Knoll, the Luckiest Girl Alive
Author Jessica Knoll is such a clear example of a very precious truth: writing can heal. Author of New York Times Bestseller Luckiest Girl Alive, Jessica’s book is a fictional account of a very sad, traumatic situation. Describing the trauma that is rape and sexual assault, Jessica has written a novel that sadly speaks to […]
Collaboration & CoWorking Kills Loneliness
I have learned that because writing can be a lonely profession, working in community with others can be a valuable resource to the writer. Here is a piece that I shared with The Candy Factory in Lancaster, PA ( a community focused, shared workspace). Check out the piece posted on their blog! Collaboration & CoWorking […]
How writing is saving my life…
I have found a sense grace in the act of writing. Every day, I remember more times when putting words on paper saved my life. The first time was when I stepped in my mother’s blood moments after she died at my feet on the side of a road. My grief counselor gave me a pen and a composition […]
Project Semicolon: Why I got my semicolon tattoo…
A couple of years ago, I got a tattoo on my arm of a semicolon with these words following it: Your Story Isn’t Over Yet. I got this tattoo because for most of my life, I have suffered from clinical depression. It went undiagnosed for a long time. After coming to grips with it a […]
