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Interview with Penelope Trunk
I have a confession to make: I am terrified of calling people. I don’t why, but something about not seeing people’s faces and expressions when talking to them makes me feel extremely awkward. At the same time, I am actually quite shy and often at a loss for words and...
Why Failing at Committing Suicide was The Biggest Blessing of My Life
My eyes open reluctantly. My head feels heavy and my mind is numb. I see my mom sobbing, feel my dad checking my pulse. It’s February 28th, 2006 and I had just tried to commit suicide. This day had been coming for a number of years. All the pressure that I had been...
On Dying, Anorexia and Fighting for Your Life
"Looking at you, I am shocked." The doctor looked me in the eyes in order to stress her point. My recovery from anorexia was not going to be easy. This was the moment I had been dreading for months. This was the moment when I needed to face reality and myself. I had...
Blog World LA 2011
As I have shared in a recent post, I had to wait 10 long months to travel to a different continent again and an even more agonizing 18 months to set foot on US soil again. I realize that for many of you, this statement sounds ridiculous. Complaining about only having...
That Time Cliff Ravenscraft & I met Leo Laporte
While you are waiting for my full recap of my trip to the West Coast of the US, I have a very entertaining podcast episode for you. I recorded this episode of The Podcast Answer Man with Cliff Ravenscraft, or rather, he recorded it with me. It had been a dream of mine...