Small Steps. Big Shifts.

We were in our twenties, my boyfriend and I, up at Snowbird for the night with friends. We'd slipped away for some time alone and walked out to his car. He opened my door, I got in, and he gently clos...

For years, when something difficult came up — a relationship problem, a decision I couldn't make, something I couldn't stop feeling bad about — my default was to think about it. Hard. Repeatedly. I'd ...

Most of us were never actually taught how to feel emotions.

We were taught how to behave.

We were taught how to think.

But the middle layer — the emotional layer — was often left out.

So when unco...

I hate feeling the feeling of anticipation.

You know, that feeling of waiting for something to happen?

It gets into your mind and then spreads through your entire nervous system and becomes physical...