Published in The Orange Journal·Jun 14How I Found Unexpected Anxiety Relief Through SurrenderBecause we can’t control everything — I don’t know about you, but May sucked. World events triggered my own anxieties, and I could barely hold it together for two weeks, let alone try to write or post on social media. Of course, that made me feel worse about not keeping up with my schedule, which led…Anxiety4 min read
Published in The Orange Journal·Jun 67 Practices to Manage Anxiety When the World Is on FireHow to find your calm without checking out — I don’t know about you, but these last few weeks have been rough for me, with the threat of Roe v. Wade being overturned and multiple mass shootings within days of each other. …Mental Health8 min read
Apr 19How Listening to My Emotions Opened Up My Writing VoiceI realized that avoiding my fears was actually hurting my writing — and myself. — I’ve been experimenting with my writing for over two years now. I began posting more consistently in 2020 with a series on overcoming “writer’s block,” although it’s more like writing anxiety. The anxiety has gotten better but not completely gone, which is obvious considering how often it has been a…Writing5 min read
Apr 1Accepting My Quietness in a Noisy WorldI’ve been learning a lot in the last few months as I’m ramping up my social media to find my audience and turn my writing into a business. I’ve created an accounting practice, but an online business is an entirely different game. Since I didn’t want to limit my writing…Social Media4 min read
Mar 16What Happened After Our Fast, aka the Challenges of Follow-ThroughThis is the last installment of my multi-part series on my experience going on a two-week water-only fast at TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, CA. You can catch up on the earlier parts below. Part 1: Why We Decided to Go on a Water-Only Fast Part 2: Our Water-Only…Health9 min read
Feb 11How Fasting Helped Me Relieve Anxiety and Find ClarityThis is part three of my multi-part series on my experience going on a two-week water-only fast at TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, CA. You can catch up on parts one and two below. Part 1: Why We Decided to Go on a Water-Only Fast Part 2: Our Water-Only…Health8 min read
Jan 4Following My PleasureLast year, my word of the year was Presence. I didn’t work with it intentionally, but I did get into mindfulness meditation as a result of trying to find relief for my anxiety. I recognized how much my anxieties comes from fear of not having enough time and from living…Personal Growth3 min read
Dec 6, 2021Our Water-Only Fasting ExperienceThis essay is the second part of a multi-part series on my experiences going through a two-week water-only fast at TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, CA. Read the first part here. We arrived at TrueNorth Health Center on a Sunday, in the middle of the afternoon. It was a…Health9 min read
Nov 15, 2021Why We Decided to Go on a Two-Week Water-Only FastUnderneath it all, this is a love story. Back in late August, we arrived at TrueNorth Health Center in Santa Rosa, California, for two weeks of medically supervised water-only fasting. That’s right — two weeks of no food, nothing but water. By choice. …Health8 min read
Oct 8, 2021Controlling How Others See MeRecently, I was asked that since I describe my writing as being about “insights in healing personal challenges,” what do I feel has been the greatest personal challenge as a theme? I tend to have a hard time describing what I write about, but the overarching theme of my challenges…Personal Growth6 min read
