I’m currently sitting on a couch in a small apartment in Tuscany, drinking tea and making bread. How did I get here? Don’t I live in Iceland? Yes, I do. But about a year ago, my husband and I decided we needed to make some changes. Somehow, those changes eventually brought me here. Iceland has been a difficult place for me to live. I’m sure there are plenty of people who thrive there, but I haven’t always been one of them. At the same time, it has given me a lot that I didn’t

This morning, I was up and walking around, trying to get my kids ready for school. They had woken me up with pleasant snuggles and whispered birthday greetings in my ear. It all started out great, but it soon turned into little moments of chaos as we all got ready for the day. My daughter has been enjoying sick days on the couch, so she has started asking to be home. I had to tell her no several times, and then console her when she didn't get her wish. My son typically wander

There is a way we see anger. Hysterical. Erratic. Unstable. Anger becomes excess. Grief becomes insanity. Tears become evidence of brokenness— instead of proof that something is real. So we learn to quiet ourselves. To repress what is heavy. To carry what has nowhere else to go. This is accumulation. We are told it’s a requirement. To hide anger, grief. To quietly ferry the emotions of our ancestors. Generations have watched their children their bodies, their innocence, their

I recently went to London for a little solo break. I wanted to see some West End shows and walk around the city for a few days. Since I moved to Iceland, I've been trying to travel a little more and mark off some bucket list items. I love the theatre and I don't go enough. My hotel was about an hour's walk to the theatre, and there was a transportation strike when I arrived. It basically started the day I arrived and ended the day I left, like the universe was telling me I ne

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I was talking to my husband the other day and we engaged in a discussion about relationships. I had recently listened to a podcast with Karamo Brown (LCSW and Queer Eye guy) who discussed the concept of fear in relationship with Russell Brand (comedian/actor). The main point was this: When we introduce fear into a dynamic it often leads to dependency. This is why abuse victims can find it hard to leave relationships; the abuser manipulates them into thinking they won't surviv

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Last night I had an interesting dream. My dreams tend to be out there, but this one was different. I sometimes wake up and start...

I was sitting in a small room in a small house in rural Kenya with my friend, Katie. It was night, but we could see and hear that a storm...

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There is a shift in the world of women and men. Can you feel it? As a woman I am feeling it, hearing it, sharing it. Over the past 4...

*I haven't changed anything in this piece as it's one of my favorite stories and I can see how my writing had shifted over the years. I...