
There Is No Off The Hook
A close friend of mine has a business that used to involve them traveling to a number of locations on the West Coast all across the year....

Beauty and the Circle of Influence
An upshot of COVID has been going on daily walks when the weather is sweetest with Emily. It’s made for a nice break for us both and has...

Reactions in Relationships - Silver Linings in COVID-19
Last week, on our way to therapy, Emily attempted to make a request of me. A friend of hers has been lonely as of late and she was asking...

The Half-Life of Stress
Over the course of one quarter in college I was watching a close friend suffer from depression and anxiety over matters in their personal...

Obligations, Shoulds, Unexamined Personal Expectations
One of the main things I’ve wanted from leaving my job is stronger ownership over my time. I am already pretty damn protective of my time...

Reflections On Leaving My Job
This past Friday was my last day at my most recent job. I started seriously thinking about leaving back in October and I didn’t make the...

Real Talk
Relationships are hard. They are hard because individual people are complex. Then we put two or more people together and the complexity,...

Base Needs
Last week I attended a 5-day non-violent communication (NVC) intensive. It was wonderful and I would recommend it to anyone wanting to...

Thresholds for Change
A few months ago a housemate was experiencing stomach pain day after day. They would gain hope when it wasn’t as bad when they woke up...

Throwing Large Parties and The Dip
When my house moved into where we currently live we took one look at the main floor and new we had to hold events here. Our sizable...

Resolutions and Incremental Change
A couple years ago I asked several of my friends to give me New Year’s resolutions. This led me to me reading more poetry than I ever had...

Community Hygiene: Proactively Addressing Conflict
I have the great privilege to live with many people whom I care about who also care about me. We live in San Francisco and have named our...

The Architects of Resentment
Last year I moved to where I am currently living in SF. While anticipating the move I devised a plan to pack gradually over a week or two...

From Son to Peer
After I finished grad school (aka, successfully postponed "real life") I moved back in with my parents (not the "real life" I expected)....

Slippery words - Soon: Looking at Requests vs Demands
Language can be a slippery thing. I'm not a linguist and it's clear that words can mean different things to different people at different...

Mapping Out Anxiety - Finding Courage
This post is a continuation from last week’s. As such, I will be calling back to it in this post. While recommended, reading it before...

Hard Conversations, Therapy and Laughter
Today marks Emily and I's third year of dating. This has easily been my best romantic relationship. There are many reasons why....

Easy come, never go
In elementary school I developed a strategy for doing my homework. It carried me through junior high, high school, college and grad...


















