Birthday Musings on Freedom in Quarantine
At 33, I started to seriously invest in coaching to rewire my mindset, level up and deal with the curve balls. There’s a framework that classifies life into phases: Unrest where the status quo starts to feel unsettling and leads to… Destruction where it’s out...read more
The Post I Never Wanted to Write
In Loving Memory of Athanasia Torvas (1922 – 2019) Yia Yia made it to her 97th birthday in February and while things had been on a slow and steady decline since then, I truly wasn’t expecting to receive the news I did on the afternoon of Friday June 14. It felt...read more
On Overcoming Limiting Beliefs and Finding Love
Confessions of a Commitment Phobe Nerd Who Got Engaged Let’s start at the beginning, shall we? In elementary school, I only had a couple friends, no inclination for sports, a penchant for Cher Horowtiz skirt suits and straight A’s. But I still thought I was...read more
On Turning 29 and the Paradox of Time
I used to be in a hurry to grow up. I thought I would be happier “over there”. PG-13 movies and playing in the “big kid” schoolyard were important milestones. I beamed during our ceremonial grad “walk out” of elementary school, with...read more
Lessons from a (born again) virgin who can’t drive*
Every winter I celebrate Collision’s Day by getting into a new one. It’s a dance I can’t quite escape, leaving me f*cked (over) in all the wrong ways. The manifestation of this perpetual pattern is not unlike my penchant for attracting 30-year-old...read more
How to Overcome a Shitty Start to the New Year (2015 Edition)
I spent Christmas Eve through December 29th more or less glued to one of three toilets in my parent’s home, with my first ever bout of the stomach flu. Thankfully, it wasn’t the vomiting kind – allowing me to avoid my life’s greatest fear. Oh but how I worried it...read more2014 In Review: On Letting Go & Wearing Big Girl Pant(ies)
In 2014 I discovered this thing called “Desire Mapping” by Danielle La Porte, which is all about identifying how you want to feel and then taking action in alignment with those feelings. In retrospect, 2014 was all about making peace with the past. If I had to sum up...read more
On birthday wishes, desire mapping and moving out
Before the New Year dawned, I vowed I would move out by my 28th birthday. On April 27th with three days to spare, I got the keys. How’s that for manifestation? I thought I would start looking in April but the universe intervened when I got into a car accident early...read more