Take it from a former enabler. — Like most of you, I sat frozen in front of the TV on Wednesday as what should have been a boring, typical event in the course of our democracy dissolved into a mindless, horrifying spectacle of domestic terrorism. I kept waiting for the National Guard to come in and start…

Dear Ms. Lahren, Firstly, I’d like to applaud your condemnation of the officers who murdered George Floyd. I must say that given how much our values differ, it was a pleasant surprise to find something that we can agree on. I was also surprised (I’m sad to say) by the…

A quick insight into how I’m trying to maintain my mental equilibrium about just one thing — The other day, while reading about stocking up on whatever medication you might need in the face of a possible quarantine, I had what felt like was already my twentieth anxiety attack in the face of COVID-19 (it was probably my third, but I digress). You see, like most of…

Confessions from a recovering people pleaser — I learned the hard way that your teachers are not always right. For all of us, teachers run the gambit of human being: they can be inspiring, cool, fun, narcissistic, cold, and cruel. And since we start learning in a school environment, we’re taught to respect these giving, flawed individuals…

An experiment in exchanging regret for your presence for pride in it. — What does it actually mean to apologize? In the best of all worlds, it means to take responsibility; to own when you’ve done something wrong, and to start making reparation; to understand that you’ve caused hurt or inconvenience. Ideally, this ownership of feeling and understanding of where you’ve gone wrong…