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Stories about what it means to be human: messy, funny, painful, and real.

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My Body Has Changed. My Buzz Hasn’t.

The strange journey from Ironman athlete to midlife writer, and finding my way back to the woman underneath it all. A personal story about aging, strength training, body changes, and rediscovering yourself after 40—from Ironman training to lifting weights in midlife.

The Business of Protecting Your Buzz, Why I Turn Pain Into Punchlines

What teaching, grief, therapy, parenting, and a suspicious amount of imaginary advertising taught me about being human.

Face Smooth Like Balls

On aging, advertising, and the low-key nonsense that we believe any cream can fix us

A Tallied Life: How Technology Turned Reflection Into Data

When every moment becomes a metric, what happens to meaning?

My Whole Career Fits in a Box

I downsized my workspace and I expanded my life

Fiercely Independent, Not

Turns out I am less self-sufficient than advertised

Taking Up Space

A quiet rebellion against shrinking, apologizing, and disappearing

Tiny Things, Big Magic

Finding wonder in the smallest details of an ordinary life

In Queso We Trust

When cooking becomes care, and cheese becomes everything (recipe at the end)

Superpowers

A personal essay on imagination, time, and attachment