October 2020

As someone on a life-long quest to help others — and myself — navigate the process of self-inquiry, I am trying to use this period of uncertainty as an opportunity for research. I recognize this is a tremendous privilege and hope to use what I am learning to offer healing to others. I recently completed a certificate in polyvagal theory, which taught me all about the vagus nerve and our biological imperative toward safety. I love that idea — what we all want most in any moment is to feel safe.

March 2019

In my latest installment for The New York Times’ Smarter Living section, I took on the topic of procrastination and sought to answer why we ALL knowingly engage in a behavior that makes us feel so bad. In my research, I really wanted to get to the emotional heart of the matter: how is it that we knowingly, self-awarely harm ourselves in this way — and why? A few days after the article published, I was thrilled to share some of my favorite insights about procrastination for a segment on CBS This Morning. Watch the clip here!

August 2018

I was initially drawn to wellness because of its promises — of clarity, freedom, balance, calm. Many of us are. In recent years, however, I've felt personally racked with anxiety about the pressure of maintaining healthy habits. Our world is so obsessed with health that we're willing to no longer feel well when pursuing the elusive goal of wellness. The irony is crazy to me! I finally wrote something about all this — live now on The Harvard Business Review. Thanks for bearing with my infrequent updates...I know you're on the edges of your seats! 

November 2017

Everyone is obsessed with the word "authentic," and it seems the zeitgeist becomes increasingly obsessed as our worlds become more and more digitized and curated. The interplay between our need for instant gratification and the coexistent culture of nostalgia is bizarre — charming sometimes (farm-to-table bistros), and quite insidious other times ("Make America Great Again"). I am proud to share a semi-political essay I wrote for JSTOR Daily, an awesome online publication that explores contemporary issues using the scholarly repository of JSTOR.

June 2017
This year, I became a columnist for The Garrison Institute, whose mission is to demonstrate the importance of contemplative practices in our contemporary world. My "beat" is technology and intimacy, exploring the nexus of mindfulness and everyday emotions. My most recent column, "Anxious to Connect," examined the knot of complicated emotions many of us tend to feel when using social media, the most central of which (at least for me) is anxiety. 

March 2017
I was grateful to be featured as one of four contributors for Marie Claire's International Women's Day campaign, #WhatIWishISaid. The series gave women like myself a platform to recount an experience of silence in the face of sexism, and the opportunity to reclaim our voices. What we wish we had said.

Trigger warning: sexual abuse. My story is about an experience of date rape I didn’t recognize as such at the time.

October 2016
I was interviewed by Ronan Farrow for his TODAY Show series Campus Undercovered — on an episode covering "academic doping," AKA Adderall misuse, abuse and over-use by college students. The interview focused on my article "Ivy League Addiction" in the September 2016 issue of Cosmopolitan. I look forward to doing more speaking on campuses and other public venues to educate more students, parents, administrators and others on the dangerous ramifications of this nation-wide epidemic.

August 2016
My piece "Ivy League Addiction" has hit the newsstands in the September 2016 issue of Cosmopolitan. The story is an intimate essay about my experience with the prescription stimulant Adderall. It's finally online, so please share and check it out! <3

October 2015
I wanted to let you all know that I'm leading a healing workshop called "How To Speak Your Sexual Truth" at the beautiful urban sanctuary Awakening NY on  NOVEMBER 6 at 7:30 PM. The price is $40 per person.

Here are the details.
November 6, 2013
Awakening NY at 605 Manhattan Avenue in Greenpoint (off the Nassau G or Bedford L)
7.30 PM

Even the most politically aware and sexually empowered people have said “yes” when they meant “no.” We are all human, and setting boundaries for ourselves and our bodies is scary – in the context of sex, friendship, work and beyond. This workshop will ask the question, “How do we come home – how do we heal – when we dishonor what we want?”

June 2015
Last summer, I was honored to connect with Rachel Kauder-Nalebuff and Alexandra Brodsky, editors of groundbreaking anthology The Feminist Utopia Project, published by The Feminist Press.  The collection invited its contributors to consider what it might be like to exist in a truly feminist world, and will ask the same of its readers. I am lucky to have a short essay and several poems published in the collection, along with other amazing feminist voices like Janet Mock, Sheila Heti and Mia McKenzie. Even more exciting is that the book is available for pre-order now! Click here to do so.