Sep 4, 2026
I was at a meeting last week, settled in my seat and deep in my own head, when my friend Pam walked in late. She was happy to see me, and I just glanced at her and sank right back into my own stuff. I didn't think twice about it.
Turns out Pam spent the whole meeting sure I was mad at her or didn't recognize her. When...
Sep 3, 2026
My yoga teacher said something at the end of a brutal sequence that stopped me cold. And I immediately thought of my best friend, who had just started a dream job and was completely falling apart trying to adjust.
This episode is about why the first time through anything feels like drowning, and why that's not evidence...
Sep 2, 2026
I've been out on the East End of Long Island, where the whole place runs on a couple of roads with almost no traffic lights, so making a left turn means sitting and waiting with no help coming.
And every single time, I catastrophize: I'm going to be late, this'll take forever, I'm never getting out of this lane.
And...
Sep 1, 2026
Today I'm fifteen years sober, and I want to tell you about the day it happened. I always had a hard time with alcohol, and by my early thirties I was doing the things I swore I never would. After I browned out at my own thirty-fourth birthday party, I drove to Cape Cod carrying a shame I couldn't shake, went down...
Aug 31, 2026
I stood in a parking lot completely falling apart. Convinced my creative life was over. And my friend looked at me and said, one day we are both going to laugh about this. I did not believe her.
This episode is about what unfolding actually looks like when you're inside it, and why the middle of the story is...