Spirituality

anniescholl

Jan 19, 20183 min read

Old and irrelevant: Embracing negative thoughts and letting them go

[This column was first published in Radish Magazine, July 5, 2017.] I’m getting old. I know it by the calendar — I turned 54 in May. I...

anniescholl

Jan 19, 20186 min read

Maran’s Hilarious Memoir Gives Hope for “Late-Life Reinvention”

[This blog first published on Huffington Post, March 14, 2017.] It’s rare that I start off an author interview with “I f***ing love your...

anniescholl

Nov 2, 20166 min read

Author Interview: Claire Hoffman on a Childhood Spent in the TM Movement

This blog first appeared on Huffington Post, November 2, 2016. I was raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, about 95 miles northeast of Fairfield,...

anniescholl

Dec 6, 20132 min read

The Prison of Fear

I learned of Nelson Mandela’s death yesterday on Facebook. It popped up while I was reading comments from people in response to a blog I...

anniescholl

Nov 28, 20131 min read

Life in a Cemetery

The road that runs past our home has little to no shoulder and absolutely no bike lane, so to get a good walk in, Bella and I stroll...

anniescholl

Nov 20, 20132 min read

Let Your Light Shine

Recently on Facebook, I asked: “What scares you? And I don’t mean spiders and snakes. Unless spiders and snakes keep you from being your...