When you devote yourself to a spiritual path, it means you’re supposed to be super serious. You’re supposed to wear flowing robes and chant mantras. You’re supposed to continually be in a state of flowing, peaceful bliss. Yeah, right. I don’t know about you, but my...
Dear Meli, My best friend had lung cancer five years ago. She had chemo and radiation and went into remission. Unfortunately, she recently found out that her cancer is back, is aggressive, and has gone into her bones. My friend is married and has two young children....
In the spring of 2007, I finished the first draft of a novel called Tinimi. The super short summary of Tinimi is that it’s about a woman whose love interest disappears into another reality. The not-as-short-summary is as follows: Ollie Finn, a former circus performer...
When you think of a password, what comes to mind? How often you forget them? Sharing them with others so you can watch Netflix or Hulu? Getting hacked and having your passwords – and identity – stolen? Those are all perfectly acceptable answers, but how about the...
Dear Meli, About six years ago, I had a health crisis. In response, I cleaned up my diet. I started exercising. I stopped drinking and smoking weed. Last year, I made it to the five-year remission marker. Ever since then, I’ve been letting things slip. I...
Capitalism has done a lot of weird things to human beings. One of the weirdest is telling us we should equate our self-worth with productivity. If I’m super productive, I’m super worthy. If I’m not, I’m … not. Yeah. That’s a bigfat lie. And yet… The whole productivity...
