I’m sorry I couldn’t love you more For every time you cried, for each tear that I ignored I’m sorry…
Questions to Heaven – A Poem about Heroes
While sitting, I pine Reflecting on those lost in time With so many questions swirling in my mind I wonder…
Big Black Hole – A Poem about Depression
Big black hole You’re the only one I truly know And as I yearn for life’s glow You continue to…
The Toxicity of Both Positive and Negative Thinking
A prominent theme in pop psychology is the notion of positive thinking and its purported health benefits. We’re told that…
My Struggle with Anxiety
If death is the antithesis and killer of life, then anxiety comes in at a very close second. The most…
How Overprotecting Your Child Impedes Their Growth: The Downside of Being a Helicopter Parent
Being someone who’s grown-up with an overprotective parent, I know how difficult it is to feel confident, and competent, in…
Self-Worth Increases Relationship Standards
It seems as though each cultural blog and website you go on deals with issues in relationships, in particular difficulties…
Culture is Not Your Friend
“The belief that “honor demands it” promotes not only honor suicide, but “honor killings” of family members as well. The…
Finding Myself in Siddhartha: A Boy’s Quest for a Father
In 1922, Hermann Hesse wrote a book that captivated a changing world. He told the tale of Siddhartha, a boy…
Strategies for Alleviating the Terror of Death: How to Accept that You’re Going to Die (Updated Text and Link)
I recently presented my blog, My Best Friend, Death, at a meetup of professional writers, and received a bunch of questions…
