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DEAR MAE: ON SEEKING APPROVAL
Recently, I received a letter from a reader: “Dear Mae, can I ask you a question? This is really embarrassing to admit as a mother and a wife but my...
DEAR MAE: ON SEEKING APPROVAL
Recently, I received a letter from a reader: “Dear Mae, can I ask you a question? This is really embarrassing to admit as a mother and a wife but my...

LET IT UNFOLD GRACEFULLY
Dear Ones, And, dear self— After years and months of toiling away, I am delighted to announce that I have arrived at last. Not because I’ve finally achieved the thing...
LET IT UNFOLD GRACEFULLY
Dear Ones, And, dear self— After years and months of toiling away, I am delighted to announce that I have arrived at last. Not because I’ve finally achieved the thing...

THE DREAM'S JUST DOING ITS JOB
You say you want to become a writer. Or a singer. Or to find love. Or start a business. You dream that once it happens, you’ll finally feel happy. Settled....
THE DREAM'S JUST DOING ITS JOB
You say you want to become a writer. Or a singer. Or to find love. Or start a business. You dream that once it happens, you’ll finally feel happy. Settled....

THE HEAVENLY HARD-HATS
They say in Japan, “The guest is a god.” But what if the construction workers banging around outside your apartment are gods too? A playful moment of perception-shifting turns a...
THE HEAVENLY HARD-HATS
They say in Japan, “The guest is a god.” But what if the construction workers banging around outside your apartment are gods too? A playful moment of perception-shifting turns a...

SURRENDER IS A DEATH—AND I JUST DIED AGAIN
There’s a spiritual whistle note people love to hit: Just surrender to the universe. Except, I think most people, including me, might have been a bit deluded about hitting that...
SURRENDER IS A DEATH—AND I JUST DIED AGAIN
There’s a spiritual whistle note people love to hit: Just surrender to the universe. Except, I think most people, including me, might have been a bit deluded about hitting that...

WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF
People see the accolades first. They see 42 consecutive issues on the cover of Yogini Magazine and have followed the column I continued to write for ten years. They see...
WHAT I'M MOST PROUD OF
People see the accolades first. They see 42 consecutive issues on the cover of Yogini Magazine and have followed the column I continued to write for ten years. They see...