My hand swells up to twice its size, oozing clear liquid, and i've never felt better. About four days prior, I was traversing the notable...

I returned from Hawaii a couple months ago and sat down to write about it. I didn't get very far, and left the words to marinate in an...

When I arrived in Wyoming, I fancied vibrant yellows and then deep rusty oranges - the colors of aspen leaves in the fall. For the first...

Nostalgia creeps in like the cold of winter. Slow at first, then one day the icy wall shows up with full force, impossible to ignore....

Many people want confidence. Many people wonder why they don’t have it. There are things that I am very confident in, such as leading...

There are a lot of things that are scary about life. Everyone has their own personal anxieties, and oftentimes avoidance is how many...

I have been seduced by the phenology of quaking aspens. In the winter, they stand softly, white bark against white snow. Their eyes,...

Peyton is in 8th grade. Blonde, formidable beauty in her future, remarkably rebellious, sharp as a nail, and tragically wrapped up inside...

I am walking through the forest with some 6th graders when one exclaims, Wait, these spruce don't look anything like the ones on...

Imagine something traumatic has happened to you. Maybe it actually has. We may have a support system - Parents, friends, teachers,...

A red shape flashes in the corner of my vision. I turn away from my students, and see a red fox lightly pitter pattering across fresh...

Recently, I started reading a book about spirituality called The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. I first discovered this book when I saw a...

There is not a one-size-fits-all in terms of waking up. It is actually quite simple: You open your eyes, and start your day. How we start...

I park my car next to a small snowbank of fresh snow, and see large footprints that head into the forest that start at my car. They...

When I was in elementary school, I had a box containing around 300 gift cards. None of these gift cards ever had any money on them. I...

On the drive back from the airport in Boston I stare out the window at all the trees zipping by out the window. On long car rides I used...

Twinkling lights wherever you go, holiday desserts, family gathering, gift giving, time off from work - How could one not be happy around...

I planned to visit five national parks this week, and spend every night under the stars. I start to rethink this decision on the second...

Gear. Gear. Gear! You have it, or you don't. The word itself is so subjective - It can be valued at $5 or $5,000, depending on where you...

I take deep breaths, half because of physical exertion, and half because the air is dense with the musky-sweet smell of fallen leaves. So...

It can be easy to be healthy while living in an affluent urban area where you are a stone's throw away from a juice bar and an equinox...

Slipping out of the hotel room and into the quiet dark streets of rural Slovenia, I feel as though my heart might be set ablaze. The cool...

I posted a picture to social media last week of a moose that I saw while exploring the Bighorn Mountains. Someone commented, "Can I have...

Never had I been forced to consider the worth of my life before my last solo-hike. I am hiking a trail called Upper Layout, a modest hike...

There is a Mott's fruit snack wrapper floating sadly in a bubbling thermal pool. I find myself staring at it longer than the geyser...

Throwing away all your plastic Tupperware, leftover Halloween candy, plastic bags, conventional makeup, and single-use razors is not only...

As a young adult, I am on the move quite a bit. Everywhere my feet land, I am unsure if I will make this plot of earth my home, or if I...

Back in high school, I remember getting my first paycheck from my job, going to the mall with my friends, and spending it on poorly made...

I love aging. I don't know if I will still be feeling that way when I hit 40, but right now I am in love with it. I love the way my body...

You're driving down the freeway when some ambiguous person in a purple Dodge Challenger comes out of nowhere and aggressively swerves in...

There is a good chance that either you or someone you know has been in an emotionally abusive relationship. The National Domestic...

It is easy to live your life following societal norms, but harder to entertain the idea that perhaps our entire ideology is skewed. I can...

Words only have power and meaning if we give them the means. Logs won't burn without a means to spark a flame, and a piano will not...

It seems like everyone is detoxing themselves from one thing or another these days, whether it be dairy, social media, an ex - You name...