Short answer: yes. What do you know to be true? To be truly, truly true. Something you can say with certainty. Let’s begin with an important clarifying point according to my own definition: inner truths are the unarguable in your life. (That said, let me point out that I’m a…

My first experience in a deprivation tank We made the appointment that morning. I went with my sister-in-law who has been staying with us for a few weeks in transition from living overseas for several years. The first-time experience fee was $69 — $20 off the regular price. It was a quiet weekday afternoon and all…

Classic short stories for busy summer readers Summer can be a busy season, and with “normal life” returning rapidly, there’s not always time to dive deep into your summer beach reads stack (unless, of course, you’re actually sitting at the beach). So what do you read when you’re looking for…

Improve your writing using this Latin phrase Death and taxes. The moment a woman’s water breaks. A category-five hurricane headed to shore. A judgment handed down by a jury of your peers or a toddler’s first temper tantrum. These things happen nolens volens — willingly or unwillingly — whether you…

Looking for writing inspiration or some fresh prompts? Check out Creative / Seminary, a weekly Substack newletter to help you connect to your own creativity by taking a closer look at the world around you. Does Heat Death sound like an alarming phrase to you? Well, maybe it should. It’s…

Looking for writing inspiration or some fresh prompts? Hello and welcome to Creative / Seminary, a weekly Substack newletter to help you connect to your own creativity by taking a closer look at the world around you. Our first topic is crows. A whole murder of them. Before we begin…

Start by answering these questions This post is from a series called Creative / Seminary, a newsletter for curious people, who want to connect more deeply with their own creativity and creative practices. It’s too easy for our busy lives to distract us from our own generative, life-affirming creative muses…

For creators and iconoclasts Have you ever been curious about where inspiration comes from and how some artists seem to have so much of it? Orson Scott Card said, “Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of…

If I had a nickel for every time I was emotionally and spiritually bypassed this year — I’d be richer than J.K. Rowling. And don’t even get me started on her behavior of late. That’s not what this essay is about. You know you’ve been spiritually bypassed when you hear…