Building My Metaphorical Ark Back in 2017, I dated a man who had a Messiah complex. Christos, as he asked to be called, was not his real name. He reminded me of a drifter preacher from future pasts, melancholic and handsome in a haunting way — as though one day…

Five Party Games and Two Gifts for Undoing Existential Constraints It’s December and you know what that means: bringing your social game to the various soirees that dot your landscape. Whether you’re heading to the Zoom room with your most festive holiday sweater / Hanukkah bib strapped on or actually…

What I’ve Learned About Living Once upon a time, my dad and I were driving to Costco. It was a beautiful afternoon in Virginia, and the leaves had finally reached peak fall maiden vibes. We were listening to public radio when my dad turned to me and asked me an…

…and perhaps that’s exactly what it’s supposed to do. This thought very rudely arrived (as thoughts of this nature will), while I was in the shower reflecting on what it means to actually receive what I’ve requested. To be honest, I did not imagine at the outset that a prayer…

They call me the one in the boat who meets others on the threshold. It’s because I like to go to the crossroads. I have entered their realm to retrieve lost parts of my soul. It is the quest that has consumed me now for three years: revising a broken…

What is life teaching you to see? I’ve been enjoying an existential amusement for the past few months and this question is at the heart of it. Put another way: What does the macro world reveal to you about the micro moments bubbling up in yours? I have a working…

I started studying miracles during the pandemic because frankly, I was in need of one. But underneath that urge was a deeper desire to understand the mechanics of quantum technologies: natural forces that effect change without the constraint or limitation of time. One of the most important things I learned…

One of my favorite people once told me: If you want to build a world, you better build a wormhole. As someone who has spent her life learning how reality works, this statement made sense to me on a level that isn’t logical or linear. It landed where the best…

Is a thought I’ve encountered quite a lot in my life. For a long time, it was a silent question posed to the void as I grew up and found my stride as a human. You know — the usual soul searching that happens in your twenties. During that decade…