I grew up doing ballet, and have spent many hours of my life in pink tights and a bun in front of a long glass mirror. Over years of practice, I became known for being a good jumper. I can stay suspended in the air...
Some forms of loneliness have nothing to do with being alone. You can be surrounded by people, well-liked, relationally connected, even romantically partnered, and still feel profoundly isolated. This is the loneliness that emerges not from social absence, but from a deeper rupture in how...
Has this ever happened to you? You’re reading—or watching or listening to—a story and something happens? I’m sure you have, otherwise it would be a pretty lousy story. But what I want to know more is if anything happened in you? Has a story ever...
What inspired you to be a counselor? There’s a Japanese concept called ikiagi , which means “one’s reason for being.” It’s the intersection of what you love, what the world needs, what meets your physical needs, and what you are good at. Counseling is that...