Imagine that even though you've heard whispers the world might indeed be larger than you've yet born witness, you've never actually seen...

Wherever we seek refuge is where we what we call, "home."

Don't let life's might-have-beens determine your destiny.

There's nothing bleak about the natural world and the only wastelands are of our own creation.

Society's concoction of "straightness" as a sexual orientation/culture has created real consequences for queer people, which is of course...

Man box culture dictates that vulnerability accrues to some strange perceived tactical disadvantage, but queer people know that sharing...

What is said can never truly be unsaid. And years hence, long after we have found forgiveness, we will never really be able to forget...

Acknowledging past pain invariably incurs a present cost, which is one reason in the U.S. we often choose to mythologize our massacres.

Every day I think of those who bullied and tormented me as a child, wonder how those choices might have distorted the contours of...

Let's call forth the courage to embody the depths of our yearning and the hunger in our hearts.

Never underestimate the power of denial, especially when the truth comes at the expense of immediate gratification.

If we live our lives wrapped in nostalgia for what never was, we lose touch with the essential majesty of all that is and might yet be.

Our energetic shadows reside at the intersection of shame and avoidance.

Much of our mental health depends on the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves.

Public displays of vulnerability indicate our strength, because they signal all we can afford.

It is from our shadows that we find what makes our souls sing.

No matter who you are, or where you've been, or what you've done... You are not beyond the power of redemption. None of us are.

There is beauty in our shadows and purpose in our pasts.

Our tears are a sign of our strength.

Everyone has a story that deserves to be heard.