An essay arguing that people can only love others to the degree they love themselves, explaining why loved ones’ actions may fall short of their claims, and advising readers to assess others’ self-love and examine their own.
A brief method for focusing effort in difficult moments by asking what one needs to BE rather than what one needs to do, letting the desired way of being reveal the concrete actions to take.
A candid guide to difficult family relationships, covering when to walk away from abusive or harmful relatives, how to exit gracefully by fading out, and when and how to reconnect once both parties have genuinely evolved.
A large curated collection of self-reflection questions covering feelings, values, purpose, fears, habits, relationships and self-talk, offered as prompts for self-development and life integration and meant to be worked through only a few at a time.
A reflective essay on choosing to love fully despite inevitable pain, the profound peace found in surrendering to love, and whether lasting peace is simply an open heart held within a carefully constructed boundary.
An essay questioning whether people should be defined by their past mistakes or their contributions, arguing for remembering both, restoring dignity to the forgotten, and judging others only as we ourselves would wish to be judged.
A sensual song written for lovemaking, described by the artist as loopable ‘baby-making music’ about desire rekindling in the afterglow, presented with its chords, technique notes and full lyrics.
An original love song, with chords and lyrics, exploring the idea that home is a person rather than a place — the deep emotional need to return, morning and night, to the one whose gaze makes you feel at home.
An original song, with chords and lyrics, about longing for a simpler, freer life — the feeling on vacation, camping or in an RV of wanting to stay in a life without chasing money or things, where you can simply be yourself.
An original song, with chords and lyrics, exploring the metaphor that falling in love is a kind of death — the shedding of an old self as new love awakens forgotten parts of us and feels like crossing from darkness into light.
An art photograph of a candlelit statue casting the shadow of a couple on the wall behind it, presented as a study in how outward appearances make it impossible to tell whether a relationship is happy, struggling, or in conflict.
A goofy, lighthearted original love song, with chords and lyrics, celebrating a deep simpatico connection between friends who are also lovers and soul mates — playful, affectionate, and full of inside-joke affection.
A love song, with chords and lyrics, about the frustration of finding words adequate to express a connection too big to communicate — reaching for ‘better words’ to convey the depth of feeling for one’s one true love.
A love song built one word at a time, with chords and lyrics, capturing new love and attachment, the pain of a partner being taken away, and the excitement of their return.
A song, with chords and lyrics, telling the true story of how the artist met her love — a serendipitous chain of a canceled early flight, a lost wallet, a rooftop party, a bus, and a nerdy opening line.
A personal essay on love and the revelation that home is not a place but a person — reflecting on finding one’s one true love, the safe and nonjudgmental feeling of belonging, and how that feeling is how you recognize it.
A song, with chords and lyrics, studying the anticipation of the date destined to end in romance — the nervousness, the mutual knowing, and the butterflies of an inevitable attraction.
A love song, with chords and lyrics, about the quiet moments of waking beside a partner — not wanting to part as morning light pours in, feeling safe, unchained and free in their presence.
An original love song with chords and lyrics about how another person can reveal the best in us by reflecting their own good qualities back, framed as a discovery of self and gratitude within a close relationship.
An original love song written in Costa Rica in 2014 and based on the author’s wedding vows, with chords and tablature, celebrating being fully seen, accepted and free to be oneself within a committed partnership.
The author’s first recorded song, an unplugged love song from the album Finding Zen with chords and lyrics, born from a collaboration with the band Swell Daze and a text message calling a partner what home should feel like.
A personal reflection on what we truly miss about a partner when they are away overnight, weaving in the author’s songs Lost At A Distance and Be With Me to explore presence, purpose and the muted feeling of absence.
An original song with chords and lyrics exploring the impermanence of love relationships — the idea that all partnerships eventually end and that leaving, or being left, can be met with forgiveness for both people.