Tag: pain

• Blocks Under My Desk Chair

  My mother tells me that my grandfather used to say, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” And this week, necessity caused me to invent. I put blocks under my desk chair. You see, many months ago I was hanging out at the gym. My friends were talking about their hands (I dunno, it’s the gym,…

  ashleyne seitz

  May 12, 2023

  General Musings

  creativity, crossfit, friends, ideas, pain, stories, working from home

• A Season of Grief

  If you’ve been paying close attention to my life, you may have noticed that I’ve been to quite a few funerals lately. My therapist said it elegantly earlier this week: “There seems to be a lot of death around you.” It seems I am simply in a season of grief – both my own and…

  ashleyne seitz

  January 27, 2023

  General Musings

  anxiety, community, depression, friends, grief, growth, hope, mental health, mental illness, pain

• Chronic Pain

  

  A post about life with an injury.

  ashleyne seitz

  April 5, 2019

  General Musings

  chronic, depression, health, injuries, pain

• The Church of CrossFit

  I am a card-carrying member of the Church of CrossFit. I belong to a gym, a specific branch of the Church, and I honestly couldn’t love it more. I am in. I am sold. Let me tell you why. Different gyms have different personalities, like neighborhoods. Some are competitive, some are snarky, some are kind.…

  ashleyne seitz

  July 20, 2018

  General Musings, Tirades

  christianity, church, community, crossfit, exercise, friendships, health, jesus, pain, suffering

• Making a Villain

  Have you noticed that in popular culture it’s getting easier and easier to tell who are the good guys and who are the bad guys? I’m talking about everything from children’s stories to Marvel movies to the 5 o’clock news. The delineation between right side and wrong song, heroes and villains, seems to be getting…

  ashleyne seitz

  December 8, 2017

  General Musings

  marvel, movies, pain, psychopaths, thor, villains