Cinema Therapy is one of my favorite shows on YouTube (find it here). The hosts, licensed therapist Jonathan Decker and professional filmmaker Alan Seawright, insightfully explore movies, breaking down story and characters through a therapy lens. Recently, they have been looking at some famous movie relationships and asking the question: toxic or not? I love […]
Society wants me to stay young forever. I should dye my hair, botox my wrinkles, consider a little nip and tuck when the time comes. But I don’t want to be young, or look young, forever. I’m turning 50 this year. I’ve been the maiden and the mother. I’m ready to be the crone, and
Author commentary on stories featured on my Freely Written podcast in January 2025: New Year, Same You and A Herd of Turtles. At the end of each month, I’ll shed some light on my writing adventures. If you’re new to Freely Written, this podcast offers very short stories written from a chosen prompt with no
For some time now, I’ve been planning to offer a newsletter, making it easy to keep up with my writing and other current projects. Sadly, that plan kept getting moved to the back burner. Until now. I’m happy to announce that you can now subscribe to my (free) Grounded in Reality newsletter! In addition to
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When you start the New Year with a concussion, it can only get better from there. Right? (She typed hopefully.) Yes, I was concussed at the end of December. No, there’s not a good story about it. I wasn’t drinking or skydiving. I wasn’t in an accident or daring fight. No, wait… I was fighting
