Growing up as a minority in the land of the free.

The first part of a series of essays about my journey to mental wellness and the lessons I've learned along the way.

A reflection on letting go.

I used to think that in order to be happy, my life trajectory had to reflect the lives of people around me. That meant I needed a stable, physical home… Right?

Why are we more outraged at some murders than others? Subconsciously, I think we already know the answer.

Why a happy life is all about Today.

I was all idealism, all passion, all hunger and all fight. What am I now?

Publications stopped catering to the reader the day we stopped footing the bill. Digital subscription models allow us to take them back.

A self-reflection on the 20-year war.

Risk and how we approach it.

How photography took me from an obsession with capturing the past to living authentically in the present.

Finding magic in the little stuff.

On life lived in awareness of mortality.

How I learned to thrive when I thought I was a fraud.

My post-college journey to live by passion.

Mind-numbing beauty lives in the most mundane of environs, if we train ourselves to look for it.

How I use running to holistically maintain physical and mental health.

How time alone in nature can help you find yourself.