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“Self preservation is a full-time occupation.” – Ani DiFranco

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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

Team creativity

A reflection on how we innovate in groups.

behavioral economics, creativity, humor, job, leadership, lessons learned, perspective, phd, psychology, reflections, research, work

Conversations with Jerk Brain: The saga continues

Hello, old friend.

anxiety, depression, humor, jerk brain, mental health, recovery, self image

Social distancing in Cabot Cove

Just as I start to feel myself coming back from my Jerk Brain-induced isolation and withdrawal of the last many months, I need to start practicing social distancing. A television show from my youth, now available over streaming, is making it a little easier.

80s TV, depression, humor, jerk brain, mental health, Murder She Wrote, recovery

Writer’s block (and tackle)

It’s not that I don’t have something to say. It’s that Jerk Brain doesn’t want me to say it.

depression, humor, jerk brain, mental health, writing

You are now free to move about your life

Although I’m far better at giving advice than I am at taking it, I’ve found one of the best sources of wisdom in my life to be commercial aviation. Ding!

advice, humor, mental health, travel

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