Dear Single Moms, Here Are the Top 7 8 Things Single Dads Want

But I came upon a different perspective with my latest loss of a 2.5 year relationship. I don't want to date at all. I want to have some women friends and see if anything develops from our friendship. Like everyone goes into the friend zone until I'm 6 months sober from my last intoxicating adventure. I'm not ready to date or be in a relationship even though it's what I long for. I like being a couple. I like mundane joys alongside someone I love.

Continue ReadingDear Single Moms, Here Are the Top 7 8 Things Single Dads Want

Our Thin Threads of Love: Weaving a Pattern of Greatness Together

We are complex individuals with independent lives, building bridges and rope swings between our two countries, but we're reconnecting and recommitting in each moment, each day. We seek new ways around common disagreements, new ways to navigate old ghosts that can haunt us from previous relationships.

Continue ReadingOur Thin Threads of Love: Weaving a Pattern of Greatness Together

Avoidance Never Works: I Learned About Depression as a Child

I do recover. I am conscious of when I'm avoiding. I still do it, but I'm doing it less. And I'm learning to take the uncomfortable feelings or worry by the horns and looking the damn bull in the eye and saying, "To hell with you, fear, I'm going in!"

Continue ReadingAvoidance Never Works: I Learned About Depression as a Child

My Side of the Mountain – Understanding Depression

I was showing myself that I was emerging from one of the longest depressions I've been in as an adult. For me, creativity and brain health go hand in hand. So I'm happy to be back, still working, but on the upswing.

Continue ReadingMy Side of the Mountain – Understanding Depression