Tag: recovery

Integrity and presence

One of the defining characteristics of my personality for the past 30 years has been a decided lack of integrity. Deadlines, promises, schedules, appointments: these were all fluid in my mind, and I frequently ignored them. I was good at justifying why I couldn’t make a doctor’s appointment, or why I didn’t need to attend […]

Waking up as it were

Thanks for stopping by my journal. This space is important to me because I’m having a difficult time finding a place for myself in this world. It was like that when I was young, and also as I pulled Danielle and I into our abyss, and it’s moreso now that we’re emerging into our actual […]

Day in the life

We’re doing the mastering for “Simultaneously Alive” now, which means Danielle is taking over a lot of the specific finalities as producer — as well as recording some vocals –, which also means I have a lot of time on my hands being just the songwriter and being all jobless and whatnot. I thought it […]

Thoughts on change

I’m working in the corner of the kitchen tonight as Danielle finishes the master for the first single from “Simultaneously Alive”. We’ve done a lot of work to ensure that certain corners of the house are no longer recognizable as what they were when I was growing up here. This is one of those corners. […]

Gainfully Unemployed

I got turned down for another job the other day. A local one I really wanted this time, so it hurts a bit more than the others. I can’t keep track of the number of resumes I’ve sent out to either rejections or radio silence — or a combination of both — over the past […]

Embarking on a Renewed Journey: Reintegration and Human-Centric Design

In this blog post, I reflect on my journey of personal and professional transformation over the past year, including the challenges of overcoming a 25-year burnout and a nervous breakdown. I announce my return to the professional world, emphasizing my renewed commitment to human-centric design and leadership. I discuss my role in co-founding Midheaven Inc., a non-profit for community engagement through spirituality, art, and music. Despite the setbacks in my academic journey, I share insights gained from teaching graduate courses and my deep involvement in music and spirituality. I invite readers to view my updated resume and engage with my journey.

Catching up

To anyone stopping by because I sent them a resume, welcome! It’s weird here, and a lot of things have happened to me and us since I last posted here. Let me quickly summarize: It has been a tremendously and difficult summer, but one that I will always see as leaving me with powerful and […]

Madness as a talisman and waves of potentiality

We become as surfers on a cosmic wave of potentiality, and all we can do is ride it out The path of recovery is paved with relapses and peppered with pitfalls, I’m finding. The tiger traps of my mind. I encounter them after certain triggers or epiphanies and it takes me hours, sometimes days, to […]

Drowning at her side

it finally became real the damage I’ve done to her voice, the lack of attention I’ve paid to her for real, and the responsibilities I’ve shirked, not just “in my madness” but during this process as I’ve been coming along, or she’s been dragging me along. I don’t know anymore. I didn’t intend to come […]

Faces of change: 2012 – 2022

This is the first part of a series about my lived experience of waking up after a 28-year identity break. I feel like I am finally home, and I am grateful for my experience, even if it seems like a hell. my life has been irrevocably changed for the better. Please read this with the […]