My Guru Has a Tail, Episode 7: The Secret
Have you ever had something you’re embarrassed about? Something you don’t want anyone to know? Actually, I don’t need to ask that question. Everybody has secrets. Everybody has things they’re ashamed about, things they’d rather keep...
How to Move Beyond Emotional Pain
If you’re reading this, you’ve already bought your ticket to the human experience. As you know, it can be a fun ride. Food, sex, moonlight cruises. There are some great perks to this human gig. But it can also be challenging. We lose things – jobs, people....
How Did Mother Teresa Contradict Herself? And What Did It Teach Me?
Where do you fall on the Mother Teresa fan-spectrum? Love her? Indifferent to her? Admire her work but have a problem with the institution with which she was aligned? From my quick scan of Wikipedia extensive research on the topic of Mother Teresa’s life, I am...
Is There Any Addiction Less Sexy Than This One?
For those of you who are already up in arms because I put the words “sexy” and “addiction” in one sentence, hear me out. Addiction is not sexy. I know this. But in our wacky modern culture, particularly the materialist, consumerist portion of...
What a Mormon Woman Taught Me About Truth and Clothing
How do you respond when someone tells you how to dress? Like most people, I’m resistant to the idea. It reminds me of being five years old and being told to dress up for a party. Or being in seventh grade and having to wear the dreaded gym uniform. (Mine was a...