My name is Maia Akiva and I write and perform Observational Humor pieces. This next piece is called Confessions of a (soft) Butch Woman Dear femme women and everyone else. Here are my Butch Woman Confessions. Please don’t share them with anyone. I’m called sir way more than I am…

Who doesn’t love to travel? No matter your age, occupation, or location, you can always take a journey from your Head to your Heart. Everyone has struggles and could use a little love and joy from time to time. Taking a trip from your Head to your Heart, by yourself…

The real war on “drugs” is inside ourselves. This is what I’ve heard all my life. Seen on TV. Read in newspapers. Watched it on Netflix. Heard in lectures. Law enforcement is working as hard as they can to stop drugs from coming into our country. The health care system…

I didn’t choose this. I don’t want this any more than you want this for me. I can’t stop wanting it. Be kind. Powerlessness is a bitch. Some days are very hard; some are easy. I know you don’t get how it is to be an addict. Like a man…

About 5 years ago I stopped watching the news. After getting sober, I started having feelings and experiencing sensitivity to things, people, and information introduced in my environment. And the news, which focuses more and more on what is not going well at all in the world, was too much…

I’ve known her for a long time. We’ve lived next to each other for as long as I can remember. For a long time, I didn’t notice her much — no more than I noticed anyone else around me, like that boy from 12B who always used to put his…

The Begging Man The man was sitting with his legs crossed at the entrance to the drugstore. His hand was held forward and his palm open, asking for something. His eyes were sad, and his body was uncomfortable and ashamed to be seen by everyone who walked by. …

10 Positive Affirmations for Happiness A guide for how to work with positive affirmations, even when you feel the farthest away from what they say. Positive affirmations have changed my life. More accurately, positive affirmations have saved my life. For most of my life, I have been depressed and felt a sense of hopelessness in…

I have many riots going on inside me!! Just the other day I posted something personal on Facebook and received very few likes. Within seconds my ego started shouting. Most riots start peacefully, and this one too started that way, with my ego demonstrating its dissatisfaction with just a few…