The Case for Pseudoscience — I can’t stand people who promote unproven COVID remedies, think that masks weaken our immune systems, and suspect that the whole thing is a hoax. I am extremely critical of “scientific” claims which are criticized by the majority of experts in the related fields. …

The times they are a-changin'…so why aren’t relationship models? — Usually, when I hear someone talk about ‘alternatives’ to traditional relationships, I roll my eyes and groan. Secretly. While I feign interest. Not another millennial obsessed with polyamory, I think. It’s not that I have anything wrong, exactly, with polyamory; it’s great that it works for some people…But it’s just…

He was the perfect guy…until he wasn’t. — Noel and I spent 3 nearly-perfect days together right before he had to leave the country. Our meeting was characterized by coincidences that aided in our fast boding: -First, we discovered that we shared an interest in natural building and a strong affinity for Nepal. We met in Mexico, but…

In the hills of Oaxaca, Mexico — Last October, I took a journey through the switchback roads six hours north of Oaxaca de Juarez to attempt to gain isights into the patterns and roadblocks of my own mind by taking psychedelic mushrooms administered by curanderos (healers) during veladas, or traditional healing ceremonies. I participated in two journeys…

We choose how we react to what happens to us — Dear Me, Ok, so your ex-boyfriend with whom you talk every day has a date. On Monday. With a girl. Who is not you. He has a date, and she sounds great. She sounds confident. She sounds like she has a lot in common with him. Ok, so you are…

Prequel to a journey through the mind in the hills of Oaxaca, Mexico — Yesterday was Yom Kippur. It was my first time fasting and ‘celebrating’ the holiday, which is about reflection and atonement. I don’t like fasting. It’s really hard. You have this persistent feeling of discomfort that comes from being hungry, but you don’t do anything to try to stop it, like…

…Happened in a Subway Sandwich Shop — Encouragement “Wow, you really haven’t been smoking at all? Not even one cigarette?” Hans shook his head. …

And What I Learned About How to Stack the Odds for Success — I have had exactly 1 bad Tinder date. And by “Tinder date” I mean times that I have intentionally planned to meet up with someone from Tinder, not the times I happened to make the mistake of going on Tinder in small towns where you inevitably run into everyone you’ve…

Practical strategies for cutting the cord emotionally — On March 28th, 2019, I broke up with my boyfriend. For the first time in my 11-year adult life, I was the person to initiate the end of a relationship. The end of a relationship with a beautiful, charming, smart, ambitious, kind-hearted person, but we fought all the time and…