By Mike Connelly September 28, 2019 "Twenty-eight years ago Sandy and I decided to get married. For months we planned the outdoor wedding...

Being in relationship with others is what I do for a living. Trying to interact, communicate, connect, and be with others with as much...

In the midst of wedding planning and mutual work craziness, we almost forgot that this week marks SIX YEARS of being together. ✨ I’ll be...

I have been thinking a lot about social media recently; my presence here, how I show up and what it means in the grander scheme of...

We're in Japan! Favorite things so far: • Everyone is polite and kind and bows when they say thank you. • Non-dogmatic prayer and...

Feeling like I need to try to explain again to my therapist that I want to not have anxiety because it sucks, but also that I have...

Tonight I am leading the Opening Circle of Yoga Union’s 2019 200hr Yoga Teacher Training. It will be the the fourth year that I have been...

Snow in Portland causes everything to slow way way down. In a magical wintery kind of way, but also in the car won’t start, busses are...

More than anything else, this year I learned about boundaries. And not in the easiest ways. I started 2018 with the realization that...

I told you all that I would be honest here. Because, while social media obviously has the ability to create facade and disconnection, I...

This month has been full of big time changes and transitions, some I was ready for, some not so much. I have a lot of thoughts and feels...

We woke up early this morning to get on a boat to visit the cove where we spread my Oma’s ashes three years ago. We sat on the beach in...

I started this post by writing, “I don’t feel like celebrating the America I know today” but I’m realizing that’s not entirely true....

I have nothing intelligent to say about death. Only that it hurts, that sudden gasping void, and that for those who are left on this...

As a child, I was raised Irish Catholic; we went to mass every Sunday, I was trained as an altar girl, baptized, and took communion. I...