hope

hope

The Waiting Room

The place between suffering and healing has a waiting room.

hope

The Unanswered Question

Does Everything Happen for a Reason?

Spiritual

Chasing the Holy Grail of Meds: Part 3 of 3

The grail wasn’t what I thought it would be.

hope

Chasing the Holy Grail of Meds: Part 2 of 3

The grail wasn’t what I thought it would be.

routine

More Machine Than Man

Still waiting. Just better at it.

laugh

Waiting on a Wish?

Or maybe this is it.

hope

I Didn't Want an Audience. I Wanted Someone to Notice.

On depression, Facebook, and asking for help badly

hope

Landing with Conviction

What Yo-Yo Ma and an electric cello taught me about surviving the “Comparison Trap.”

Sondheim

When the Music Turned Sour

Surviving the 30-Year Battle Between My Talent and My Depression

hope

I Know Better Now, But I Still Feel Like a Failure

When insight doesn’t quiet the old voice

disability

The Undiscovered Country of Getting Better

After 35 years of suffocating depression, I finally used the last of my air to speak up.

Spiritual

My Aria of Grief

The unique agony of a “mature” breakup