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Play it again, Sam

As I tell my story again and again, I see the progress I’ve made.

career, depression, mental health, recovery, reflections, self image

What a difference

After a year, I’m back to work and back to living.

anxiety, career, depression, future, mental health, recovery

A big week

A series of fortunate events.

anxiety, business, career, change, depression, diversity, emotional intelligence, fear, future, jerk brain, job, leadership, lessons learned, medication, mental health, OCD, perspective, phd, podcast, priorities, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, self image, therapy, wellness, work

Correspondence

Recovery from depression has changed how I relate to people.

anxiety, career, change, depression, emotional baggage, emotional intelligence, exhaustion, fatigue, future, hiding, jerk brain, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perfectionism, perspective, pretending, priorities, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, self image, self-care, self-regulation, therapy, toxic positivity, wellness

Acculturation

Organizational culture—specifically the Competing Values Framework—informs how I process what I’m learning about myself in therapy.

anxiety, business, career, change, culture, depression, future, job, leadership, lessons learned, mental health, perspective, phd, philosophy, psychology, recovery, reflections, reframe, research, self image, therapy, wisdom, work

Processing

Data, data, data.

anxiety, career, depression, jerk brain, mental health, perspective, psychology, recovery, reflections, self image, therapy

Living out loud

My story matters because it means there is hope.

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The ways in which

How.

anxiety, career, change, depression, humor, jerk brain, lessons learned, literature, mental health, OCD, perfectionism, perspective, phd, philosophy, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, research, self image, wisdom, work, writing

SFD

A first draft isn’t supposed to be pretty.

advice, anxiety, career, change, creativity, depression, fear, future, humor, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perfectionism, perspective, phd, philosophy, pretending, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, research, wisdom, writing

This train still runs

It’s been a difficult year so far, but I have persevered and gotten stronger.

anxiety, career, change, depression, fear, future, jerk brain, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perspective, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, role model, self image, self-care, wisdom

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