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I write a monthly blog post for Pallas Fitness about the intersection of yoga and CrossFit. I repost the blog entries here. Has it been really another year of the CrossFit Open? We sit now; bodies still sore and the experience of the open is now somewhat behind us. We reflect, we rejoice and we set out for another year of fitness. I have been at Pallas since “the old gym” a topic for another blog entry, and I recently sat down and put together that my first Open must have be

Reposted from the Cornell Daily Sun from April of 2013 When I was a sophomore, I took a class that changed my life and continues to...

SPOILER ALERT: there are details revealed in a TV episode 5 of the Last of Us, below which may muck up your desire to keep reading if you haven't seen the episode. TRIGGER WARNING: This post discusses topics linked to suicide. I've been following the Last of Us on HBOMax for the past number of weeks. It's a brilliant show and riveting. Most recently episode 5 came out. Titled: Endure and Survive, it tells the story of two brothers who are survivors of a fascist society. A pos

What would it mean to combine these two worlds? I have published 6 books of creative writing as an editor. Published fiction and poetry. Taught hundreds of hours of creative writing. I have an MFA in creative writing. And yet. I'm a therapist. With an MSW from a school that calls itself the best school in the country, and has two licenses in NY. A private practice and has done thousands of hours of therapy. I have decided to combine these two parts of my life into one. I have

From 2010-2011, now 12 years ago, I took a photo a day. This is how I described it back then: From March 1st, 2010 until March 31st, 2011...

The slaying of Tyre Nichols is a moment in late-stage capitalism which must give all social justice minded thinkers and humanistic folks...

Recently, a documentary on Netflix about mental health has gained a refreshing amount of positive attention. I'd like to add to that positive vibe and give it some additional thoughts as a mental health professional. STUTZ is a movie about a psychotherapist who has worked with the actor Jonah Hill over the span of his illustrious career. You may remember Hill from the Wolf of Wall Street or going way back, Superbad. The documentary is raw, emotional and shows the active proce

What is Mindfulness? And other questions about how I approach therapy. I get asked this a lot: what is your approach to being a therapist? Or rather, what can we expect therapy to be like together? My approach to therapy is informed by a number of factors the first is my background and training. I came to this field later in life. I didn’t always think I would even become a therapist, even though I have long admired and worked next to the profession as a crisis manager and ad

From 2006 until 2012 and then on and off for another 5 years, I ran a literary journal with a humanistic model of giving writers...