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...
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...
I had no idea I had a hidden theme until I was confronted with it by my ex-girlfriend. My ex-girlfriend was all about confrontation. Which is one of a thousand reasons why she’s my ex. In this case, however, her confrontation was the mildest and most helpful of our...
Dear Meli, I’m sorry to get so heavy, but I have a really hard one. My mother was murdered. It happened about three years ago. She was in her sixties and was killed by her boyfriend. No one saw it coming. He seemed like a really great guy, and she didn’t...
We’ve had a lot of different goals for OhMyGod Life in the eight plus years it’s been in existence. Some are smaller goals, like making deadlines for content creation. Some are larger goals, like planning and implementing months-long tours around the country. And then...
Dear Meli, I had a really hard childhood. In many ways, things are so much better now. I’ve come a long way and I’m grateful for who I am today. But there’s something that still bothers me. When I talk about my childhood, it’s hard not to lapse...
