To love yourself fully means being able to love others just as fully. But how do you get there? And what does it take?

Have you ever sat with a friend who is feeling deeply upset? Have you ever had a conversation with someone who was angry? Have you ever felt in a way that made you feel uncomfortable with your emotions? 

There was no way back, no way out of being submerged into the raw reality.

Vodka vs. Ayahuasca

Do they even understand 

That this is HER celebration?

That this is MARY’s day?

Thank you, year 2020, for bringing me so much learning, so many victories, and such a great variety of unforgettable experiences.

As I write this post, I am celebrating the dawning of the New Year 2020 with my grandmother at her apartment in Moscow. I am very grateful for a chance to spend this magical evening together and that she is healthy and well. I treasure my relationship with her and my wish is for her to stay well and for us to spend much more time together in the coming decade!

At the exhibition, there was a table equipped for any visitor to use to write a letter. There were the parchment, the envelopes and an old-fashioned graphite pen. Several letters with sketches once created by Van Gogh were on display. A tour guide at a distance from me asked the group of kids she was leading, “So tell me - how do you think we know about the details of day-to-day life of Vincent Van Gogh?” His letters, of course!

My story with Ron Harvey began several years ago, while I was attending Soda City Startup week held by the University in collaboration with a multitude of participating local businesses. In a keynote during the closing ceremony, Ron conducted a presentation that had a tremendous impact on me…

Here is a story of the dress, and the company behind it - and my own role in the course of its life.

Read my letter, and then wait for a year. You will either have evidence that I am sharing a magic formula here, or you will have proven me wrong; better yet, you may have to work out your own understanding. In either case, we now have us an experiment.

For me, 2018 has begun as a very cold and a very long night that I spent in Downtown Columbia, SC - and I don’t remember much besides the public concert that I attended, the fireworks that I saw, and drinking my face off at the local bars (to the point that I had to run to the bathroom because I drank so much that I had to puke). Thankfully, a lot changed for me since then…