I know my blog has been quiet, but I'm still alive and kicking! It's actually mostly a good thing, as I've felt well enough to have a full and great summer with my kids. I'm down to one, much milder version of chemotherapy, and almost all of my symptoms (minus a few lingering and/or mystery… Continue reading Checking in!
Tag: thinking
Do I believe my own message?
Confessions of an Overthinker: I'm not sure I believe my own message enough to wear the shirt. Ok, so yeah, I bought it and I'm going to wear the shirt. It's soft, gorgeous, the best kind of warm in wintertime, and... most of me believes the message it is (and I am) sharing. (And for… Continue reading Do I believe my own message?
Feeling out “FLOW”
It's that time again - a new year! And though I'm the same person I was last year, with much of the same circumstances and problems as I had last year, I seem to be incapable of abandoning hope for new things and growth in the new year that lays stretched out before me. I'm… Continue reading Feeling out “FLOW”
Exercising empathy
It's inherently uncomfortable, in many situations. To stretch yourself to consider what must truly be going on in someone's mind... their reasoning... their choices... is not an exercise many of us want to engage in. When we judge, or write someone off as an idiot, we firmly shut a door. It keeps the world black… Continue reading Exercising empathy
More than one thing can be true
I have a habit of mulling over posts long after I've read them, but a bad habit of not taking a screenshot of said memes or posts. I saw it because it was under a hashtag I follow, #mentalhealthmatters . (Sadly, people post all kinds of wildly unrelated stuff under this hashtag as well.) So… Continue reading More than one thing can be true
Feel how you feel
Dear 13yo: The world will throw a lot of stuff at you, and ask you to smile anyway. Feel how you feel. You'll be asked to tone down your responses and smooth over and buff out your frustration. Feel how you feel. You'll be asked to lower your voice, censor your heart, be "a lady."… Continue reading Feel how you feel
Re-calibrating my Gut
I'm a feeler, but I'm also a thinker. There have been times in my life where I experience life more in one mode than the other, but I also don't see myself all-too detached from either. When I've taken the Myers-Briggs, I have always landed on the "F" side of the third dichotomy. This means… Continue reading Re-calibrating my Gut
alive. awake. uncomfortable. 