Thoughts and Musings

Snakes, a common symbol of wisdom and renewal, remind us that renewal doesn't come without shedding. Comfort has a way of affirming the life we're already living. When things are pleasant enough, when we're reasonably happy, when our routines provide enough satisfaction and stability, there's little incentive to question the arrangement. We tend to keep doing what has worked, driven by an innate preference for the familiar and comfortable over the unknown. In this way, happin

Depression is disruptive. It can feel heavy and painful—at times downright debilitating. Within a known context, such as the death of a loved one, that heavy, consuming darkness gets named “grief.” It’s not pleasant, but we give it permission to exist despite the suffering because we recognize it as an important process in the face of loss. But when that same level of malaise settles in without an apparent “good” reason, we’re quick to label it with words implying it shouldn’