Writings

This page is a direct line to my mind — thoughts, poems, diary entries, essays — in short, all my writings.

I Think You Should Keep Going — a poem

19,000 Kilometers and Back Again

Don’t Call Me Strong: Redefining What It Means To Survive Trauma

Triggered by Peace: Reflections on Growing Up in Chaos

Are You Up? — a poem

Get Well Soon Card — a poem

You’re in the wrong place: Reflections on belonging

A Diary of Quiet Magic in Zakopane

It’s Not a Flower — a poem

On Shame, Love, and Being Too Much

3 October Teachings: What the Tatra Mountains Taught Me

Which Title Would You Give This Chapter of Your Life?

Who Could I Have Been?

Like Soil — a poem

Wild, Gross, Fabulous — a poem

Learning To Lose: Lessons From 2022

Letters From Polynesia: Where Do We Go From Here?

Letters From Polynesia: You Better Work, Bitch

Sunday — a poem

A Thousand Different Lives—Thoughts From The Tent

Letters From Polynesia: The Vomit Fest

The Texture of Magic — a poem

The Sun Sets at 17:42 — a poem

Nowhere to Go but Anywhere

The Art of Doing This One Little Life Right

Letters From Polynesia: Kick The Dog In The Face

Hacking The Hedonic Treadmill: Why More Will Never Be Enough

It’s All About Perspective — a reflection

Letters From Polynesia: Into The Wild — Huahine Edition

4 Life Lessons From French Polynesia

Letters From Polynesia: Remember You Asked For This

Letters From Polynesia: A Nautical Nightmare

Consciousness in Transit — a reflection

Letters From Polynesia: Welcoming Whales

The Sky of You — a poem

Full HD — a poem

To Me From Me — a birthday poem

Letters From Polynesia: The Ocean Teacher

Yogurt, Yachts, and a Mediterranean Meltdown

Too Rare to Last — a poem

Salt, Rope, and Bone: My Mediterranean Diary

Letters From Polynesia: Crazy Hitchhike in Raiatea

2 AM Airport Thoughts

Letters From Polynesia: Ramiti Reminiscing

Cute — a poem

Letters From Polynesia: In The Quiet Depths Of Kauehi

Letters From Polynesia: Bargaining With The Universe

Manifesto 2022

Letters From Polynesia: Chasing Impossible Blues

Letters From Polynesia: No Gas, No Cash, No Problem

Letters From Polynesia: Mint Lollies & Mahi Mahi

Dead but Alive — a poem