Five years ago on a Monday morning not unlike this one, I was sitting in a classroom on Virginia Tech’s campus – 4/16/07 – it was snowing that day, my senior year, and only a few weeks before graduation. Many lives were lost that day and many others were forever changed, including mine. I avoid talking about it and often Read more…
I recently found myself in a state of numbness. For months, I had known that I was unhappy but I wasn’t wanting to do the work to find out why. Tired of feeling the uncomfortable feelings, I had also numbed myself to the really enjoyable ones: joy, elation, happiness, contentment. I realized the price of avoidance was that I now felt Read more…
