What To Do When You See Someone Being Harassed

Aug 22, 2015 | Life

It was early evening, just after the sun set, around 7 PM on Fall night in Brooklyn. My husband and I were walking through the crowds outside of Atlantic Terminal. I saw a young woman, walking alone, get approached by a man with a clipboard. “Heyyy!” he said, “Do you...

Why Are We So Afraid of Having These Conversations?

Aug 18, 2015 | Life

A man jumped out from behind a subway pole at me while I was absorbed in my cell phone late this evening. I jumped, startled. He started to ask me about whether or not an F train was coming, and then, mid-sentence, said: “Wait, why did you jump? Why are you...

Habit change, solitude, and stillness

Jan 31, 2015 | Life

January certainly went by in a hurry. I have quite a few things for you, and I’m just now sitting down to send you these notes. If you’re interviewing at a new company, here are 12 questions to ask during your interview. How do you find stillness and...

The Man at the Grocery Store

Oct 7, 2014 | Conscious Community, Life, Stories

The man in the grocery store is in love with me. I can tell by the way that his eyes watch me, and the way he smiles at me from behind the counter. I pull my basket up around the edge of the aisle, glancing briefly at the pop tart magazines. Mmm… chocolate. I grab...

a love story.

Jun 12, 2014 | Life

I was making a book; he was a book designer. We talked on the phone — me, in San Francisco, him in Brooklyn. We chatted for nearly an hour before I convinced him to let me hire him as a consultant for a project. I paid the standard rate, typical deliverables — and yet...

Are you living? Because sometimes, I can forget.

Jun 9, 2014 | Life

“It’s not that we’re afraid of death—we’re only afraid of death because we want to make sure we’ve lived enough.” —Chris Guillebeau, @AliveinBerlin Remains of the Berlin Wall (left), and Templehofer Feld, an abandoned airport (photographs...