On Being, and Having, a Good Neighbor — “All of us, at some time or other, need help. Whether we’re giving or receiving help, each one of us has something valuable to bring to this world. That’s one of the things that connects us as neighbors — in our own way, each one of us is a giver…

If you like fat, you’re gonna love this one. — I have been a reluctant biohacker for close to a decade. Living with a chronic illness — in my case, type 1 diabetes — means that for years I’ve paid hyper-close attention to any signs and symptoms of deficiency, disfunction, and deficit that appear in my already challenged body. …

5 ways to fortify on a bad day with chronic illness — I am just crawling out of a few days of hell. I’ve been in a painful, existential soup of chronic illness, just barely getting through each day. My body and mind seem opposed to life. They’re reacting strongly to something in my environment: maybe my own, inner, endogenous environment, this…

Committing to a process is a lot like falling in love — I studied art history, museum studies, and art business for years. But I didn’t learn to be an artist until I married an athlete. When I first met my husband, I had been working as a personal trainer in a luxury health club for three years. It was the only…

You already are an artist; you just have to give your artist room to come out and play. The medium doesn’t matter; whether you’d like to paint, draw, sculpt, write, make music, or build sand castles, the simple act of relating to yourself as an artist can and will initiate…