The Library

Writing for the life beneath the surface.

The Emerald Being Library is a growing collection of essays on conscious living and the inner life.

The writing explores the thoughts we believe, the emotions we carry, the intuition we sometimes ignore and the quiet choices through which a life takes shape. It considers the conscious and subconscious mind, self-worth, boundaries, creativity, joy, purpose and the relationship we have with our own attention.

These essays do not offer hurried answers to the deeper questions of being human. They offer companionship, perspective and language for experiences that can be difficult to name.

Some may challenge the way you have understood yourself. Others may simply give words to something you have known for a long time.

Read the Latest Essays

The Archive — Twenty-Five Essays