Drama queens. Am I right? Need I say more? Okay, I’ll say more. Specifically, I’ll say this: For drama queens, in life the journey is not the thing. Dissolving altogether, thus closing the script of your current life, is definitely not in the cards. Being in love with yourself as the character in turmoil is […]
He accuses her of cheating on him. He’s paranoid. Because he’s secretly cheating on her. We’ve all heard this one, right? It’s an extreme example of projection. We like extreme examples that don’t apply to us because they allow us to feel like we’re not those people. And yet, everyone projects. In fact, I’m doing […]
Animals have amazing poker faces. Well, a lot of them do—the ones whose mouths remain in a steady position no matter their mood. Not monkeys or apes, and not us. But cats? If we were to judge by the look on their face, searching our memory banks for similes, oh, cats would beat us in […]
Her father was the leader of a traveling Buddhist cult. As he rose to prominence he abandoned his family. When asked about the cruelty of this by a family member, he shot back rhetorically, “How can I waste my energy loving the few when I need to love the many?” She said he wasn’t a […]
Her yoga instructor was considered one of the best in the country. Indeed, he portrayed himself this way for as long as he could hold out, but his imbalances ate away at his ability to wear that mask, the mask of the sanctified. He grew into an abusive teacher who had sex with his students, […]