Deeply Human

I met with some corp executives last week and now I’m contemplating society’s structures, our humanity, and how to work with one to reach the other.

Getting grounded amidst chaos, finding what’s real when all the illusions fall away, and (of course) waxing poetic about my soul city

Springtime lows, stories I hold onto, mistakes I make, crying on the pod, and insisting on grace like my life depends on it

Experimenting with having very few rules, being open to people showing up on their own terms, and experiencing how love is abundant when I take my blinders off and let it all be.

Moving through moments where insecurities bloom, vulnerability surfaces, and self-soothing becomes extra important

Andrew and I discuss Twitch, infatuations, and girlhood -- and ANDREW SHARES SOME OF HIS AMAZING WRITING and I cry about it a little

A dream sequence but real! Trying to capture what this past weekend meant to me (an impossible task but there’s beauty in trying). Blessings everywhere, dogs and otherwise — and a glorious glimpse into my future.**OMG I forgot to thank my new friend GABE!! Mi corazonnnn 🎶 the Sagittarius of the crew and the only person who could keep up with Laura at dice. Hopefully I got everyone else’s names right. 💀

Driving around the hometown that raised me before my high school reunion 🥹 feat. a surprise afterword by HS bestie who I hadn’t seen in 20 years

The connection available on the other side of everything that keeps us apart, featuring Harry Potter and animal metaphors, references to HR and intimacy, and yin yoga — but somehow it’s all connected

Observing my lava lamp of feelings, and sinking, and floating

Thinking aloud through a moment of sadness and unexpectedly finding stillness on the other side — what a treat!

Updates from the past week! Including work things, how 10-year-old me showed up this past weekend, friendships, and my CRUSH!

Continuing to process yesterday’s shame, money, growth convo bc I value leaning into the cringe for the sake of connection

My experience of money and reassessing wealth

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY I LOVE Y’ALL

Homes and apartments that have held me and how I appreciate them

Reflecting on my journey with love addiction recovery, self-discovery, self-admiration, and authentic community

Feeling my feelings and talking about it

Coming at you from a Waymo in LA — considering how my understanding of safety has changed over the course of my life so far

Feeling the love that persists as relationships change shape

Andrew and I discuss what's made us grumpy this week, how we probably should have been theater kids, feeling apart, the merits of hedonism, and reconnecting with self

A memoir (lol)

Two of the things I hate the most, and (as always) another angle.

Evolving likes and dislikes, identity labels as social shortcuts, ongoing yearning for LA.

Monday morning reflections on how to survive another work week with the world burning down around us, research-backed “delulu is the solulu” vibes.

Opining on missed connections and the lifegiving importance of whimsy and romance after watching Pride and Prejudice alone one too many times.

Growing up in a mostly white mostly Catholic town and how it shaped my experience of the world.

Tension headaches, employment law, collectivism, cynicism, and faith.

On an expedition through memory and meaning, and questions that are begging to be answered in my life rn.

Just kidding! But we do reach some interesting questions and theories while also discussing LOTR, The Bechdel Test, an ex who is a Buddhist nun, and more (!) in this conversation with my dear friend Andrew.

On love and work and weighing the pains of staying against the grief of loss.

An exploration of endings, unveilings, and the work of hope.

On staying open to anyone being a friend and flowing with connections that work.

On my sweet Uncle Rick — which is to say, on sincere hearts, addiction, recovery, spirituality, generational trauma and generational healing.

MY FIRST GUEST!! The beginning of a series where my dear friend of 10 years, Andrew, calls me every Sunday and we compare notes on life at 37.

This question keeps coming up among friends. Let’s explore and unpack it together.

Sharing poetry from over the years, and a dream I hesitate to interpret

Reminiscing on dinners over the years with family and chosen family

Hobbies and side quests and day jobs oh my.

Join me for a cup of coffee, a look around, and a poem

After Episode 5, I received a lot of questions such as “WHAT?! You were MARRIED?!” So for this episode I’m diving into a timeline of my marriage.

We don’t talk enough about post-traumatic growth.

What are some ways we protect ourselves and others and how is that serving us or not?

About the interplay of what lives within us and what begins outside of us, or something like that 🤓

Families of origin, families we’re creating — what do we owe each other?

A little about why I’m starting to share in this way, feat. my love of attention and companionship