“I’ve Had Enough Adventure for a While,” You Say.
“I’ve had enough adventure for a while,” you say. I laugh because I know what you mean. Because it hasn’t been the good kind of… Read More »“I’ve Had Enough Adventure for a While,” You Say.
“I’ve had enough adventure for a while,” you say. I laugh because I know what you mean. Because it hasn’t been the good kind of… Read More »“I’ve Had Enough Adventure for a While,” You Say.
A few years ago, I did one of the most stressful things I’ve ever done: I stayed behind in a house, fixed it up, and… Read More »Don’t Worry, I’ll Get This One; You’ll Get the Next.
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I thought I was doing fine. I really did. Okay, yes, everything’s gone to hell. A lot of things are not okay right now in… Read More »“This Is Your Final Notice,” My Body Said.
Once upon a time, I was the manager of a large training department at a psychological consulting firm. I loved some things about that position… Read More »Being Interrupted at Work Physically Stresses You Out
I’ve been in near-complete lockdown since mid March of 2020. This is because I work from home (and so does my partner). My family of… Read More »I Am Working on Presents for My Future Self
I’ve never quite gotten the hang of comforting myself. It’s not for lack of trying. Not for lack of practice. It’s strange, really, since I’ve been… Read More »I Know How to Comfort Myself. But I Wish I Didn’t Have to.
What can I say about 2020? Not a lot that hasn’t already been said. If I’d tried to explain the past few months to my… Read More »In Search of Effective Coping
It’s one of those days. Sometimes I get so damned tired of the questions my brain asks me that I can’t answer. Some days I… Read More »Those Days When You’re Still Paying Off the Emotional Debt from the Day Before
Man, the pandemic… it’s… ugh… it’s a bad time. Regardless of who you are, whether you’ve got your feet on the ground and are looking… Read More »What Is Allostatic Load?