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Dr. Matt
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I needed to write, to express myself through written language not only so that others might hear me but so that I could hear myself ― Gabor Mate
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Step Aside
One night when I was living in Dubai, a buddy and I were walking back to his car after an event in the heart of the city. The sidewalk...
Mateo Zytkoskee
Aug 2, 20222 min read
Extras
I’ve developed an odd habit lately—though, who knows, maybe you do it too. I watch the extras in shows and movies. As in, the actor whose...
Mateo Zytkoskee
Aug 2, 20223 min read
Echoes
Up at 7am on a Sat morning. For no reason. After a 2am night. Echoes of the world bouncing around my brain. 24-hours earlier, my wife is...
Mateo Zytkoskee
Jun 28, 20222 min read
Playing Doctor
It occurs to me in this moment what has changed, why the kids’ version of playing doctor is no longer driving me into the garage to cry alon
Mateo Zytkoskee
May 10, 20225 min read
Surviving Cancer
The truth is also that I am deeply wounded and, I’ve come to see, will always be. Always. The question is, what am I going to do with these
Mateo Zytkoskee
May 10, 20222 min read
The Wishing Game
When I can get out of the wishing game, I recognize that life is in session. Now. That contentment is a daily practice
Mateo Zytkoskee
May 10, 20223 min read
Channeling Love
There is something magical I do from time to time I think of as “channeling love.” It’s never planned and, the truth is
Mateo Zytkoskee
May 10, 20223 min read
My Insides vs. Ur Outsides
A few days a week, I rush home from dropping the kids off at school so I can attend an online morning meditation group. This morning I...
Mateo Zytkoskee
Mar 15, 20212 min read
On Online Communication
I was texting with an old friend the other day, when, out of the blue, he wrote: “I hate this texting bullshit. Why don’t you give me a...
Mateo Zytkoskee
Mar 2, 20213 min read
Super Family
I wake up before my alarm, an unwelcome event, and check my email. I have a message from a former medical student with the good news that...
Mateo Zytkoskee
Feb 19, 20213 min read
Pie Jesu
My kids and I play a game where I put on a song and they guess the genre—I think of it as “Music 101 for youngsters.” Last night, while...
Mateo Zytkoskee
Feb 17, 20212 min read
Kohl's: A Rant
The actual cost at Kohl’s is not straight forward. It’s like a fish market in Dubai—you either know how it works or prepared to get . . .
Mateo Zytkoskee
Jan 27, 20212 min read
Downward Spiral - A Coffee Tale
I’m deep in the addiction now. I know it.
Mateo Zytkoskee
Dec 31, 20201 min read
Trial of the Century
. . . maybe a raccoon came in the house and did it. Yeah, I bet a raccoon did it!”
Mateo Zytkoskee
Dec 26, 20204 min read
Who's More Serene Darn it!?
By the time dinner’s done, the day has caught up to me, and all I want is to be consumed by the couch and TV. However, my six-year-old...
Mateo Zytkoskee
Nov 21, 20202 min read
Writing New Songs
My six-year old daughter Arya hands me a sheet of paper with lyrics carefully penned in her large print. “I wrote a song," she informs...
Mateo Zytkoskee
Oct 23, 20202 min read
Further Up the Road
I decide to be armed with empathy and fierce with kindness. No easy task.
Mateo Zytkoskee
Sep 8, 20202 min read
Hand Holds
I want to climb the natural art like a child on a jungle gym. But, when I do exactly that, a hand-hold crumbles, and I gash my leg on the sl
Mateo Zytkoskee
Jul 30, 20202 min read
“Invisible” McKinleyville, CA, 2005
“Well, welcome to the block Matt. I’m Chris. This is my house and these guys are my mooches. Wanna beer?”
Mateo Zytkoskee
Jul 17, 20204 min read
The Whale Heist
As we motor across the choppy Alaskan water on our way to Clark’s point to shower, my dog Roy neurotically bites at the icy cold spray...
Mateo Zytkoskee
Jul 7, 20205 min read
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