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Age of Empathy

“How Was Your Week Away?”

Do you really want me to answer that?

5 min readMay 3, 2024

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“How Was Your Week Away?”

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ILLUMINATION

A Lesson From Chuck E. Cheese’s, in a Time of AI and Human Content

The importance of businesses staying true to their initial spark of conception, and what makes them unique

4 min readApr 28, 2024

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A Lesson From Chuck E. Cheese’s, in a Time of AI and Human Content

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Tripping Up Stairs
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Age of Empathy

Holding Out for the “Right” Profile Name

When the wrong question eventually leads to the right answer

4 min readApr 13, 2024

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Age of Empathy

My First Mammogram

Mask on, boobs out — and if the results are bad I’m going to Disney World

4 min readFeb 4, 2024

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Two vanilla cupcakes with red cherries in the center, meant to look like breasts, set against a red backdrop.

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Hello, Love

A Limerent Kind of Life: I Love You Anthony Kiedis

An eruption of infatuation, at a Red Hot Chili Peppers concert, helped me recognize and confront a lifetime of limerence.

8 min readJan 30, 2024

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A Limerent Kind of Life: I Love You Anthony Kiedis

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The Mainstreaming of Bdsm Has Me Concerned

In a society that increasingly makes light of pornography and BDSM — I don’t consider it butterflies and sunshine

6 min readDec 10, 2023

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The naked upper back of a woman with the words “love shouldn’t hurt” painted on

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Tripping Up Stairs

My Teenage Son Thinks I’m a Loser

And not the “mom you’re so embarrassing” ha ha kind. More like the “mom why are you unemployed and watching YouTube while you eat candy”…

4 min readNov 9, 2023

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a woman lying crumpled up on a bed

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Tripping Up Stairs

2 Ways a Monthly Cycle Can Mess With You (Diet and Love Life)

A three month experiment to recognize PMS symptoms, instead yielded two unexpected and very useful discoveries.

3 min readSep 3, 2023

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2 Ways a Monthly Cycle Can Mess With You (Diet and Love Life)

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Breakup Grief: A Fearful Avoidant’s Thoughts on Relationship Endings as Deaths

With the recent loss of a loved one, and after watching The Ultimatum 2, my thoughts turn to romantic relationship endings as a kind of…

4 min readAug 31, 2023

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Breakup Grief: A Fearful Avoidant’s Thoughts on Relationship Endings as Deaths

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With Or Without God — I Can’t Live

A few months ago, I was speaking with the counselor I’d been seeing regularly, and the topic of spirituality came up.

5 min readAug 23, 2023

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With Or Without God — I Can’t Live

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Tripping Up Stairs

Tripping Up Stairs

Personal essays on life, love, lessons and anything I'm thinking and feeling - all including vulnerability, authenticity, and a dash of humour.

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