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Do you believe in karma? View all responses I believe that all that you do and say is reflected back to you in some way shape or form. How people treat you can typically be traced back to how you’ve treated others. The results of your hard work and efforts are representative of your investment.… Read more: Q & A

I didn’t grow up being told I was a sinner in so many words. It was more subtle than that — woven into sermons, Sunday school lessons, the way adults talked about suffering as if it always had a reason. Someone got sick, and there was a quiet conversation about what they might have done… Read more: How I Learned to Blame Myself for Everything

I have told so many lies in my life that I have lost any real claim to knowing which parts of myself were built and which parts simply grew. This is, as far as I can tell, the central problem of my life, and possibly the central problem of most lives, though most people are… Read more: The Hole I Fell Into Denying It Existed

Every avoidance starts with a simple, human instinct: something hurts, so we look for a way to make it stop. A drink to quiet the noise. A scroll to numb the boredom. A withdrawal to avoid the conflict. None of it looks dangerous in the moment. It just looks like relief. But relief that never… Read more: The Prison You Built While Trying to Escape Yourself