Heidi Isern
HEIDI · ISERN
writer. thinker. whiskey drinker.
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Be Naked: A Weekend in Esalen

Be Naked: A Weekend in Esalen

May 28, 2012 | Life Hacks

Rather than juggle Memorial Day barbecues, I decided to head back down to Big Sur for the long weekend. No, this time I wasn’t going to a monastery to think impure thoughts. Rather I was going to Esalen to not think and be impure. Heading to Esalen Esalen is a...
Not Thinking About Sex in a Monastery

Not Thinking About Sex in a Monastery

Apr 29, 2012 | Life Hacks

Hedonism and asceticism have always been fundamental parts of American culture. Never able to completely stay true to one path, we take turns diving into each, using one to wash us from the pleasurable guilt of the other. In pursuit of a little of each for writing...
A Love Poem for Us All

A Love Poem for Us All

Aug 3, 2011 | Relationships

“Write about love,” she asked. Three weeks before her wedding, one of my closest friends asked me to create a poem to follow the exchange of vows. The world stopped at her request.  My limbs stretched and my arms grasped for adjectives to describe this mysterious...