Why does certainty about other people feel so emotionally relieving? Using the film Mickey 17, this post explores black and white thinking, snap judgments, and the discomfort of sitting with ambiguity and complexity in other people.

Friendship doesn’t stay the same as life changes. Through Life Partners (2014), this post explores growing apart, grieving change, and finding our way back to the friendships that matter most to us.

What The Lovebirds gets right about long-term relationships is that conflict, bickering, and changing needs don’t mean something is wrong — they mean you’re human and in relationship. A reflection on what it really takes to keep choosing each other over time.

In this post 2nd post in a series of three about BJ Novak’s film Vengeance, I reflect on what the movie reveals about loss, love, and choosing connection over division.