Transgender Bathroom Access: A Love Story
I’ll never forget the first time a woman screamed when I walked into a women’s bathroom. I didn’t want her to scream. I just wanted to pee. But my short hair, tall frame and androgynous features led her to believe that a man had walked into the...
Empower Yourself by Eliminating This Word From Your Vocabulary
There are lots of words it’s better to avoid. Mean words. Nasty words. (I’m not going to say any of them, because that wouldn’t fit into the category of avoiding them, now would it?! There is also a word that appears to be utterly benign, but is not....
Thoughts and Feelings and Fears, Oh My! (Video)
Are you a good meditator? Or a bad meditator? That was a trick question! There’s no such thing as a bad meditator. Everybody thinks. A lot. And meditation is the process of watching our thoughts. So meditation, by definition, tends to involve lots of thinking....
A Wacky Way to Stop Caring What Other People Think
I admit it. I care what other people think of me. Though not nearly as much as I used to. But even much-less-than-I-used-to is still too much for me. So lately, I’ve been working on letting go of other people’s opinions even more. Or should I say, what I...