THE WORLD IS LOUD. LOVE IS LOUDER. How to Stay Grounded in Love When Everything Around You Is Falling Apart We can’t pretend the world feels okay right now. It doesn’t. If you’re trying to convince yourself it does won’t help you — or anyone else.  What's happening around us is real. The fear is real. The grief is real. The anger is real. The energy of all of it is palpable. But here is what I know for sure from my near-death experience alone that has changed the entire direction of my life:...

I've been bed bound a few times in my life. Each time, I resisted it mentally with everything I had, but I was physically debilitated. The last time it happened to me was in 2007 during my struggles with TTP-HUS when I was paralyzed for a period of time. I couldn’t understand why I had to experience this type of restriction again in my life. I was on a fast track  in my mental catalogue of everything I was not able to do. I felt trapped in bed. Now, years later, I look back at those times...

A reflection on how fear shapes perception—and what becomes visible when it loosens Fear doesn’t always show itself immediately. It settles in gradually, begins to work at shaping how we think, how we plan, and how we interpret what happens to us. Over time, it becomes so familiar that over time it begins to feel indistinguishable from common sense. I don’t know about most people, nor will I assume. But I don’t think fear is how most people wake up. I think they wake up prepared. They...