PUBLICATIONS AND APPEARANCES

YOU DESERVE MORE THAN BREADCRUMBS

October 6, 2023

"Maybe it’s not about cannibalism at all, but a metaphor for how the witch was so desperate for love herself, that she was willing to use food as a trap. 
Think about it: who loves an isolated witch? Maybe the witch is just another metaphor for our own inner-child who wasn’t loved in the way she needed."

MIA TABIB ’20 M.DIV.

July 18, 2023

“One of the fundamental questions of religion and spirituality is whether humans can change. Biology says we are the products of the neurons in our brains. Philosophy and spirituality say that’s not the whole story. Humans have a spirit, a life force, whatever you want to call that, and there’s a will there. Humans can change.”

IRANIAN PROTESTS: LIFE, LIBERTY AND GENTLENESS

October 8, 2022

"So I say this with every ounce of gentleness and passion: The Islamic Regime of Iran must end for once and for all. As the valiant Iranian protesters cry out: “Death to the Dictatorship,” and life for the citizens of Iran. Life to every person’s bodily autonomy. May freedom and liberty reign as sacred values in every nation."

THE POWER OF PINK

October 7, 2022

"The whole world could really use a lot more pink. And by this, I mean, the world could use a great deal more gentleness. As an Iranian woman I see the gentleness of my people crying out for an end to the horrific Islamic Regime and a return to tenderness. With the recent slaughter of Mahsa Amini by the so-called “Morality Police,” let us all be reminded that our fight for gentleness is a matter of life and death."

BEAUTY IS AS BEAUTY LOVES

November 15, 2021

"In our attempts to carve out morsels of love and attention for ourselves, we — out of desperation—  carve out other people’s hearts. She knew herself not as someone worthy of love and being loved, but as someone who, in order to get her needs met, needed to be the most beautiful."

GENTLE-THERAPY: AN INTERACTIVE FAIRYTALE

July 2021

"While we have little say in life over what happens, our imaginations and our willpower act as tools we can use to re-tell whatever story we find ourselves in. Maintaining a position of victimhood prevents us from telling any stories. You must be very careful to ignore any voice that tells you that you have no agency, for that is a lie. You are your own fairytale, and you have the power to write magic on your own metaphorical pages."

MECHANICAL THUMBS

May 31, 2021

"I don’t want to swipe over you. I don’t want my thumb (mechanical or not) to press on the image of your face. Your beautiful face. Your face which holds painful memories, joyful moments, wonder, and awe."

MIRROR, MIRROR ON THE WALL, ADDICTION IMPACTS US ALL

March 21, 2021

"Beneath the urge to use is a craving for attachment and connection. Think about it — substances will never leave you. Alcohol will not abandon you. Scratch tickets are always at the corner store, and the casinos will never tell you not to come inside. It isn’t really cannabis that the client wants, it’s the feeling of safety, calmness and stillness. The feeling of having someone sing you lullabies as you go to sleep. Maybe your mother used to sing to you “hush now my baby be still, don’t cry…” She’s gone now — your mother. Who will sing you lullabies?"

TURNING RAGE INTO GENTLENESS

March 11, 2021

"You are gentle. Yes, you. Whoever you are reading this— you are so very gentle. Even now as your eyes blinked tenderly to read this next sentence, the way your soft breath flows from your lungs; everything about you is gentle."