I was recently diagnosed with anxiety and mild depression maybe six months ago. It's still something I'm trying to understand. I'm...

I think I have always been one to like being physically active. When I was a kid --like most kids in the 70s and 80s--was always outside....

This is the full article I wrote, back in 2014, and it was actually published on Stanford Medical Scope Blog; however, due to it being...

The craziest and coolest thing happened the other week. At the gym of all places. Oh, so, I joined the gym and the YMCA gym at that. Do...

Love for Life! In honor of celebrating thirteen years since first diagnosed with late-stage cancer I wrote a poem. Poetry is one of my...

I get asked why do I drive for Lyft and Uber when I have such a plethora of experience teaching abroad as well as having a college...

Do you know? Have you heard? Yes, yes, yes we all know that October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and I'm thrilled for their advocacy...

I am so stoked to share that I have launched my podcast Teal Time with Hope! This is the first episode, and I'm happy to be sharing it...

As I launched my podcast Teal Time with Hope and as I launched my website " hopeaguilar.com " I started to think about something silly,...

I am ready! Ready for what? Well, thanks for asking. See, I have for good while have been wanting to not only continue blogging but also...

I want to share something awesome that happened today. This was different than when I’d talk with rideshare (Lyft/Uber) passengers. Yes,...

I am tall. Like, well, above average in 5 feet and 11 inches tall — for those that didn’t already know. I didn’t always like being tall,...

As I approach my 53rd (looks weird even writing it) birthday, I can’t help but ponder on what I want my 53rd year on this planet to look...

What a year 2023 ended up being. It started off with my stepdad getting a rare thyroid cancer (anaplastic) and dying within four weeks of...

I haven’t blogged in a good minute. I have had some writer’s block for a while now. For blogging, as well as just writing in general....

All my life, as far back as middle school I can remember anyway, I have been told that I am emotional, that I am very sensitive. I used...

If you were to do a simple Google search to define Law & Order you would see following definition: the enactment of laws (see LAW entry 1...

No More Silence Can you hear it? Can you hear it? Can you hear the silence? The silence, the silence from those that ignore the gun...

I don’t plan on being a rideshare driver for the rest of my life. But for how ever long the Lord has me doing it I will make the best of...

Joining the Navy at 18 then the Texas Army National Guard at 24 then the Army at age 27 changed the trajectory of my life! I learned so...