Tag: mental health
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Winning a War On Shame – Part I
WINNING A WAR ON SHAME Hi! It’s me. I’ve been out of the blog office for a while. Life, you know? But this week, something happened that seemed like it was never going to happen, and I feel like I have to share it with you. Here it is: after ten years of ongoing battles,…
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Breaking the Rules of Life and Why It’s a Good Idea
KITCHENS SEE ALL During last week’s holiday hullabaloo, my kitchen saw a great deal more action than usual. I’m sure that was true of most kitchens in the US; they’re probably as hungover and peopled out as we are. I can just hear refrigerators across the country moaning about how much food they consumed last…
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Happiness in the Holidays
AM I DOING IT RIGHT? I’ve been thinking a lot lately about how to find happiness in the holidays. Around this time of year, a regular topic of debate arises in our culture: what is the best way to do the end-of-year holidays? This debate comes with many questions. Here are just a few. And…
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Learning to Eat the Fruit That’s In Season
THE PROBLEM WITH PRODUCTIVITY Apparently, my endeavor to make my titles more search-engine- and user-friendly caused me to stop writing. Just kidding, it wasn’t just that. I missed a few blog posts because I’m learning to eat the fruit that’s in season. But I haven’t totally gotten the hang of it yet. Don’t fret, I…
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Anxiety Manifest
HOW WILL MY ANXIETY MANIFEST TODAY? Anxiety is a strange monster. It doesn’t always weigh logic or statistics. In fact, it rarely references the sciences at all. Sometimes it creeps in; sometimes it attacks like a hippopotamus on the good drugs. It’s rarely predictable and even less common for anxiety to be helpful. The person…