Life, Death, and Comedy

The River Is Not the Cage

On the stories that shape us, save us, and teach us what freedom means

Jun 30 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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The War on Empathy

Why compassion is not weakness, why civilization depends on it, and why calling it “suicidal” may be more dangerous than empathy itself.

Jun 2 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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May 2026

Too Scattered to Hear What’s Sacred

Thoreau, therapy, and the sacred work of returning to ordinary life.

May 19 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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April 2026

The Shape of What We Carry

A reflection on love, loss, and the quiet moment when life splits in two.

Apr 21 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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I Speak, Therefore I Am.

What silence reveals about who we are without words

Apr 7 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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March 2026

The Heart Sutra (and a Heartless One)

What the Heart Sutra reveals about certainty, compassion, and the way we divide the world

Mar 24 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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Bread for the Hungry

On spiritual appetite, empty calories, and learning to sit at the table

Mar 10 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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February 2026

Love Changes Rooms

On turning back, walking forward, and why the past does not get the final word.

Feb 24 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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Echo and Narcissus: A Lonely Love Story

Using the myth of Echo and Narcissus, this essay explores loneliness in relationships, emotional unavailability, and what it means to truly be seen.

Feb 10 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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Halftime and the Ache for Home

An essay about Bad Bunny, diaspora, faith, and the quiet ache for a home we recognize before we can explain.

Feb 8 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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January 2026

Are we the baddies?

On noticing the skulls we wear and the slow grace of seeing clearly

Jan 26 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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The Tyranny of Self-Improvement

On January, greatness, and the hunger that never rests

Jan 13 • Life, Death, and Comedy

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