Conditioned for Pain

Conditioned for Pain

Another day, another fun self realization! I have been conditioned to normalize pain. In middle and high school I was an athlete – a star softball pitcher (yup, I’m gonna totally recognize myself for being an amazing pitcher) and the point guard of our basketball...
The Surprising Lessons

The Surprising Lessons

What surprises me about my journey is how it ends up giving me different lessons than I expect. I choose a place and have some small expectation of why and what I will gain there and end up learning that why I’m there is so much deeper and different a reason than I...
Fake News

Fake News

One thing it’s very difficult to escape from is the news. Even without a television or internet browsing, or understanding the local language to read a newspaper, or WiFi to get today’s headlines, other people talk about it. That one moment I am in WiFi something...