Month: August 2026

A warmly lit room with an open closet, hanging clothes, photographs, books, keepsakes, boxes, and a ceramic mug surrounding a scattered pile of personal belongings. The image includes the quote, "Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know," by Pema Chödrön.

Making Sense of Life Through Patterns

August 5, 2026 No Comments

With all of the therapy, writing, reading, reflection, and somatic work, a lot is coming up for me. Memories. Patterns. Correlations that I had not

Empty church sanctuary with wooden pews, stained-glass windows, and sunlight illuminating an altar beneath a quotation about truth and assumption.

Perception vs. Reality

August 5, 2026 No Comments

There is a scene in Boardwalk Empire in which a priest is standing in a river performing a baptism. He is wearing white robes. He is smiling.

The Protected Position

August 4, 2026 No Comments

Something began when I was four years old, and it was reinforced, repeated, normalized, and sustained over the course of decades. The injury wasn’t only

One healthy green tree standing in the middle of a forest of dead trees beneath the quote, “A peak is a moment. A pattern is information.”

The Truth Is in the Pattern

August 2, 2026 No Comments

Sheesh. How many more times will I have to navigate this particular circuit before I have learned everything I can from it? The turth is