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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

The unknown

Getting better at living with uncertainty.

advice, anxiety, change, covid19, creativity, depression, emotional baggage, emotional intelligence, fatigue, fear, future, job, leadership, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perspective, philosophy, priorities, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, self-care, self-regulation, therapy, wellness, wisdom, work

Rain, rain

Coping with anxiety starts with not trying to minimize it.

anxiety, depression, fear, mental health, perspective, pretending, PTSD, recovery, reflections, therapy

Tired

Life is exhausting right now. There is still hope.

anger, anxiety, change, covid19, depression, exhaustion, fatigue, fear, future, jerk brain, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perspective, priorities, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, rest, self-care, self-regulation, social distancing, therapy, wellness, what to say

Living out loud

My story matters because it means there is hope.

advice, anxiety, career, change, depression, fear, future, inclusion, jerk brain, job, leadership, lessons learned, medication, mental health, OCD, perspective, pretending, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, self image, therapy, wellness, wisdom, work

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

Language

Once more for the people in the back: How we talk about mental health matters.

advice, anxiety, depression, emotional intelligence, fear, inclusion, leadership, mental health, OCD, perspective, PTSD, recovery, reflections, resources, therapy, what to say, wisdom

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

The difference a day makes

Who I was then is not who I am now. That’s good and challenging at the same time.

anxiety, business, career, change, depression, diversity, fear, future, hiding, imposter syndrome, inclusion, job, leadership, lessons learned, mental health, OCD, perfectionism, perspective, pretending, psychology, PTSD, recovery, reflections, reframe, self image, therapy, wisdom, work

A dish best not served

Depression and anger often go hand in hand.

anger, anxiety, depression, emotional baggage, fear, future, job, medication, mental health, PTSD, recovery, reflections, therapy, work

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