Living your life in a public forum comes with a bunch of cool things. Getting to share your work with a wider audience. Receiving appreciation from peeps who are touched by what you do. Feeling encouraged to keep going because you can see you’re making a difference....
Who likes change? Not me. Not a fan. Change often feels like it’s happening to me. Like I have no control over it. It feels ruthless and relentless. Like an action movie villain, storming the town and burning everything in sight. Beware the Wrath of the Corrupt...
Dear Meli, I am having a hard time adjusting to my current life. For three decades, I worked in the non-profit sector. I loved my job and found it fulfilling, but it took a lot of time and energy. My husband and I both recently retired and moved to be closer to my...
Dear Meli, My drug of choice is food, especially sugar. For many years, I had it under control. And then came 2022. For whatever reason, I found myself back in the food. I don’t attend 12-step meetings, because they never worked for me. I do have a spiritual...
When I was a kid, I knew I was going into theater. I say knew, as opposed to dreamed about, because I was given a vision showing me exactly what was coming. It happened when I was seven years old. I was standing in my parent’s bedroom. Suddenly, in my mind’s eye, I...
Dear Meli, I am the proud mom of three adult children. All three of my kids have children of their own, and I am so grateful to be a grandmother. Two of my kids are great parents. The other one? Not so much. At least, in my view. She seems incapable of setting...
