Can People Really Change? What I Learned in the Pause Before Responding
I used to believe people never really change. Then one difficult day showed me the difference between reacting from pain and choosing who I wanted to be.
Reflections on creative expat life in Mexico: remote work, writing, identity, grief, belonging, reinvention, culture, and building a meaningful life abroad.
I used to believe people never really change. Then one difficult day showed me the difference between reacting from pain and choosing who I wanted to be.
Como La Flor a very comfortable place to work in Querétaro. Here you’ll find a queer safe space, a remarkable community story, and another lesson in what it means to belong.
Tracing ancestry on my 50th birthday led me through Quakers, textile workers, teachers, miners, queerness, belonging, and visibility.
Living between two cultures after nine years in Mexico, World Cup heartbreak, lost stability, and turning 50 became a story of grief, healing, and belonging.
As America turns 250, I’m looking back at my own roots: biological family, chosen kinship, memory, and how family history shapes personal identity.
A timely reflection on righteous dissent, sacred resistance, and Aurelda’s mythic reminder that healing must never be turned into control.
How to Self-Edit a Book while revising a trilogy in Playa, balancing grief, family, and nervous system care, with a practical 3-pass workflow.
A tender first-person story about coping with losing a dog, honoring Mila Woofavich’s life, peaceful passing, and her continued presence in spirit.
AI anxiety and human consciousness: how to stay steady as AI speeds up—plus a simple heart‑mind practice to keep your attention sovereign.
Following your passion feels empty shows how creators can meet silence, doubt, and slow growth as thresholds of deeper creative remembrance.
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